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Hong Kong reports first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/10/2025
» Hong Kong has recorded its first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years, with health authorities warning that the 10,000 people who live in the same neighbourhood as the 82-year-old patient face higher risks of infection.
Imported chikungunya cases will rise steadily in Hong Kong, leading expert warns
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/08/2025
» Hong Kong is expected to experience an increase in imported chikungunya fever cases, a leading infectious disease specialist has said, calling on the public to avoid travelling to high-risk areas after the city recorded three more infections.
Hong Kong records first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/08/2025
» Hong Kong has recorded its first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019, involving a boy who returned from the mainland Chinese city of Foshan which is facing an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, the South China Morning Post has learned.
‘Escaping hell’: Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» MYAWADDY, Myanmar - Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night.
Climate campaigners ‘losing trust in COP’
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» DUBAI - Environmental campaigners are losing faith in the UN-led COP climate process after signs that a phase-out of fossil fuels may not be agreed in Dubai, a leading activist said on Tuesday.
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» PARIS - Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday, adding that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."
What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
Invasive species a growing and costly threat, key report to find
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» PARIS: Invasive species that destroy forests, ravage crops and cause extinctions are a major and growing threat worldwide, a landmark UN-backed assessment is poised to report.
Coup sanctions plunge Niamey into the dark
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» NIAMEY - The long-suffering people of Niger's capital, Niamey, are used to intermittent power cuts. But since the coup d'etat one week ago, interminable blackouts have tested their patience to the limit.