Dolphins in danger
An ambitious airport project threatens to decimate the rare dolphins that inhabit the waters to the west of Hong Kong
Chicken worries
A new strain of influenza virus transmitted to humans from chicken is causing panic in Southeast Asia
Virus alert
A strain of the virus that causes bird influenza has been implicated in the death of a three-year-old boy in Hong Kong. The case, though …
Asia witnessed 63 per cent jump in e-waste generation in five years
A UN study revealed that most of these countries lack the infrastructure to recycle e-waste safely and cleanly
Face off with cancer
It's simple. Cut the face out, remove the tumour, and put the face back on. Surgeons are doing it in Hong Ko
African swine fever runs riot across Asia; Is India next?
A whopping 3.7 million pigs have been culled across East and Southeast Asia since the disease struck China in August last year
SARS Wars
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is making the world sneeze. Even as the global health community struggles to unmask a new, deadly, …
Hong Kong to ban ivory trade
The city is a key link in the ivory trafficking trade and provides a strategic transit hub into mainland China
Fowl play
January 3, and all is not well in Hong Kong. With four people dead, and 11 confirmed and six suspected cases of A (H5N1) infection, the new …
High-flying disease
From now onwards we have to battle with another mysterious enemy. Since February 2003, a disease similar to influenza has 'officially' killed 48 …
‘Hong Kong’s lost tigers show us a species once gone, cannot return’
Down To Earth speaks to journalist John Saeki about his upcoming book on the lost tigers of Hong Kong
COVID-19: Hong Kong University ‘confirms’ first case of reinfection, WHO advises caution
Whether reinfection cases existed at a population level or the Hong Kong case was an exception had to be studied, WHO said
Suffering SARS
Is the crisis spawned by this new viral infection a failure of global health governance?
Probiotics market thrives sans regulations
Indian food safety authority yet to specify deadline for notifying regulations for food products containing 'friendly' microorganisms
Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres
Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor
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