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Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.
Pope Francis, in critical condition, had quiet night: Vatican
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a "critical" condition.
Italy rolling back cannabis liberalisation
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2024
» ROME — Italy's flourishing "cannabis light" industry risks being uprooted this year when Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pushes a bill through parliament to deflower a crop that is legal across much of Europe.
No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» PARIS - No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.
Bird flu detected in mammals but risk to humans low: experts
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» PARIS - Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasised that the virus would have to significantly mutate to spread between humans.
Why China's Covid wave is stirring fear
AFP, Published on 03/01/2023
» BEIJING - China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month.
Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/01/2023
» Coronavirus: Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily, HKU expert says while arguing risks from reopening border with mainland China are small.
Medical community frets over fate of Twitter
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - For days, doctors, scientists and public health experts have been telling their Twitter followers where to find them on other platforms if Elon Musk's newly-acquired company tanks.
Omicron infection turbo-charges vaccinated people’s immunity: study
Bloomberg, Published on 15/05/2022
» People who are vaccinated and then get infected with Omicron may be primed to overcome a broad range of coronavirus variants, early research suggests.