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Accidents and personal safety
Suckling pig blamed for leaving 31 ill after Hong Kong wedding banquet
Twenty men and 11 women developed abdominal pain and diarrhoea after attending Chinese wedding banquet at hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
11 Dec 2025 - 2:55AM
Britain
Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic author, dies at 55 from brain cancer
11 Dec 2025 - 2:34AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong shuts Tsing Yi hiking trails amid links to 5 local chikungunya cases
9 Dec 2025 - 7:56PM
Wellness
Health benefits of mugwort and its role in TCM and Japanese herbal medicine
Mugwort is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory herb with warming properties, used in East Asian traditional medicine and modern spas.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:08AM
Britain
New mpox strain found in UK after travel to Asia
New recombinant mpox strain raises concerns over global spread and viral evolution.
9 Dec 2025 - 12:00AM
Trending in China
China boy in blackboard plea for used bottle donations to fund sick mum’s treatment
Enterprising pupil finds novel way to help ease debt-ridden family’s financial pain; tells classmates he will not accept cash donations.
7 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
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Science
Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s
New biotech allows ‘seeds’ planted in the brain to differentiate into new nerve cells, reshaping its neural network.
7 Dec 2025 - 6:20AM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong confirms 10th locally acquired case of chikungunya fever
A 67-year-old woman confirmed as the latest case after hiking in Tsing Yi, the Centre for Health Protection says.
6 Dec 2025 - 11:27PM
Wellness
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On the verge of a breakdown, new mother discovers what stress really is
A battle with cancer, a new baby and an alcoholic husband tested high-flying executive Asha’s ability to cope with stress.
6 Dec 2025 - 7:33AM
United States
US vaccine advisers say not all newborns need hepatitis B shot
Scrapping the recommendation for vaccination at birth will reverse decades of public health gains, disease experts say.
6 Dec 2025 - 1:00AM
Science
United we stand: why mammals that band together may face lower cancer risks
In cooperative societies – like elephants or whales – natural selection seems to favour genetic mechanisms that suppress cancer, study says.
2 Dec 2025 - 1:06AM
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Spain
Suspected swine fever cases rise as Spain struggles to limit damage to exports
Two cases and 12 possible infections reported as the European Union’s top pork producer scrambles to limit economic impact.
1 Dec 2025 - 11:13AM
Trending in China
China hotel guest dies after staff failed to deliver medicine, triggers liability debate
Front desk hold on to heart disease sufferer’s crucial medicine for hours after friend delivered it to them; dead man’s family blames hotel.
30 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM
Spain
Spain stops pork exports to China after African swine flu cases
Pork farms within a 20km radius of where two boar died, in the nation that is the EU’s leading pork producer, will face restrictions.
29 Nov 2025 - 9:40PM
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Wellness
Why this Aids charity’s Hong Kong art show smells of resilience
Aids Concern’s ‘Emanate’ exhibition features art and fragrances created by people affected by HIV and Aids that tell their stories.
29 Nov 2025 - 5:15PM
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What is MASLD? Most common chronic liver disease affects up to 40% of adults
Previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, MASLD is trending upwards as obesity levels rise, but it can affect lean people too.
29 Nov 2025 - 7:49AM
Bird flu viruses
Bird flu could risk pandemic ‘worse than Covid’ if it mutates
French institute warns that a bird flu pandemic could be severe, and affect healthy people, including children.
28 Nov 2025 - 2:46PM
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Indonesia
Jakarta bans dog and cat meat sales to curb rabies, in win for animal rights
Indonesia’s capital prohibits meat consumption of the animals, challenging a cultural delicacy and cheap protein source for some.
26 Nov 2025 - 12:29AM
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Britain
Ex-UK PM Cameron urges prostate cancer screening after diagnosis
The former PM calls for targeted screening to save lives from prostate cancer, the UK’s most common male cancer with 55,000 annual cases.
24 Nov 2025 - 5:58PM
Wellness
He can’t remember his son’s wedding. The cause? A rare autoimmune disease
Autoimmune encephalitis stole years of father Christy Morrill’s memories and can lead to psychosis. But it is being caught early more often.
23 Nov 2025 - 7:15PM
Coronavirus pandemic: All stories
‘Too little, too late’: former UK government slammed for initial Covid response
Inquiry concludes the failure to implement restrictions a week earlier led to one of Europe’s deadliest outbreaks.
21 Nov 2025 - 12:48PM
Trending in China
Sick China teenager draws train to university as self-encouragement but dies
Throughout his ordeal, dad says son demonstrated remarkable strength, never shedding a tear, maintaining resilience to the very end.
20 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
Indonesia
In Indonesia, US and Canada, ‘online hoaxes’ fuel measles deaths
With over 3,400 confirmed cases and more than 20 child deaths, Indonesia’s outbreaks reflect immunisation gaps and growing vaccine hesitancy.
20 Nov 2025 - 8:56AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Chikungunya may be spreading silently in Hong Kong, expert says after fourth case
‘This latest case, I believe, highlights that we have some silent transmission chains in Hong Kong,’ expert says.
17 Nov 2025 - 9:48PM
Wellness
Why does this influencer celebrate her diabetes? To help inspire others
A woman with type 1 diabetes on living ‘a fabulous life’ with the disease, plus a look at wellness resorts catering to people with diabetes.
14 Nov 2025 - 7:15PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Fourth local Hong Kong chikungunya case ‘may be linked to new infection source’
Medical expert says case is likely to represent ‘new source of infection not linked to previous three local cases’.
14 Nov 2025 - 9:32PM
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Wellness
She loved designer handbags. Fighting cancer taught her ‘health is wealth’
Surviving Hodgkin’s lymphoma led Katy Tong to find joy in experiences rather than things. Now she uses sailing to help others ‘move forward’.
12 Nov 2025 - 11:00AM
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Wellness
Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s CheckMate scheme wants men to ‘check them’ and talk
The initiative launched this Movember promotes pre-emptive checks for and dialogue about male-specific cancers affecting thousands each year.
11 Nov 2025 - 7:15PM
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