Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong, confirmed on Sept.1. that the Hong Kong government will announce as early as this week, that it will lower the vaccine pass age limit to include children as young as five years old. That means children five…
Children’s Rights Group Urges Government to Withdraw the New Compulsory Covid Vaccine Pass for Children
September 6, 2022
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Over 10 Percent of Respondents and Their Families Did Not Report Their COVID Infections Leading to Concern of Elderly’s Underestimation of COVID Impact
COVID cases have been escalating in Hong Kong recently. The research found that over 30 percent of elders who are not fully vaccinated tended to procrastinate or not get any COVID jabs. Some of them worried about the safety of getting the vaccines. Twelve percent of respondents and their families have not reported their positive…
Over 10 Percent of Respondents and Their Families Did Not Report COVID Infections
COVID cases have been escalating in Hong Kong recently. Researchers found that over 30 percent of elders who are not fully vaccinated tended to procrastinate or not get any COVID jabs. Some of them worried about the safety of getting the vaccines. Twelve percent of respondents and their families have not reported their positive results…
Hong Kong’s ‘Three-in-one’ Therapy Reduces Pelvic Injury Mortality Rate From 60 Percent to 12 Percent
Jumping off from buildings, industrial accidents or traffic accidents often result in pelvic fractures that cause death. Dr. Lee Kin-yan, former director of the department of traumatology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and honorary clinical associate professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, presented in an exclusive interview with the Epoch…
The Case for a Cold War 2.0
Commentary Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced democratic countries to face the likely prospects of a prolonged period of confrontation in Europe. This is happening even as China, now the West’s most formidable and determined enemy, has become the first mover and ready belligerent in a looming, region-wide, conflict in the Indo-Pacific. Unchecked, the next…
The 77th HK Liberation Day Ceremony at Sai Wan War Cemetery
The 77th anniversary of Hong Kong’s Liberation Day ceremony was held Sept. 4 at the Sai Wan War Cemetery at Cape Collinson, Chai Wan, to mourn the soldiers of Britain, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Canada, and other allied countries, who died while defending Hong Kong. The ceremony began at 11:00 a.m., with prayers and a…
5-Year-Old Boy Found Unconscious in Subdivided Flat; Mother Attempted to Jump Off Building, Arrested for Murder
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Fluctuating Blood Glucose Control Leads to High Cancer Risk
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Physician Recommends Self-Assessment Tool to Detect ‘Very Early Dementia’
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Study: 40 Percent Higher Risk of Superbug CPE Infection for Those Having Taken Antibiotics
The latest study of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, showed that the infection rate of a broad spectrum of drug-resistant superbugs, carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE), keeps on increasing. The number of cases has reached over 1,000 since 2014. The infection rate of CPE in high-risk patients increased nearly 40-fold from 2015 to…
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