Hong Kong health officials are asking the public to be vigilant to maintain strict personal, food and environmental hygiene as the city is reporting a surge in hepatitis A cases since the beginning of...

The Health and Family Planning Commission of Anhui Province has reported two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9), bringing the total cases in the East China province to 23. According to...

The seasonal influenza situation, primarily caused by H3N2 influenza, has worsened in the past week, according to the latest data from the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department...

Vietnam health officials have reported a surge in dengue fever in southern Vietnam so far in 2015 where an increase of 27 percent in cases have been seen as compared the the same period in 2014. Statistics...

Hong Kong’s Siu Lam Hospital has been battling several infection control issues centered around a male ward for severe intellectual disability in recent days. Several days ago there were reports...

Acinetobacter causes a variety of diseases, ranging from pneumonia to serious blood or wound infections, and the symptoms vary depending on the disease. Acinetobacter may also “colonize” or live in...

With 25,000 cases of dengue fever reported in Malaysia during the first two months of 2015, the country appears on a trajectory to see more cases than last year’s 100,000. In addition, the Malaysia...

Just days after reporting an Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) outbreak on the  male ward for severe intellectual disability at the Siu Lam Hospital (SLH) in Hong Kong, hospital officials are now reporting...

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health said Friday they are investigating a confirmed case of invasive meningococcal infection, a communicable disease transmitted...

Measles was a real battle in the Philippines in 2014 with the final measles tally on the archipelago at 58,010 cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This includes 110 people who lost...