Mysterious illness hits HK hospital
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HONG KONG - Health authorities are investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness in a children&#39;s hospital, where at least 30 young patients have been infected, reported Channel NewsAsia.
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Officials are puzzled by an outbreak of a potentially blinding eye infection that led to the removal of a contact solution from stores.
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Health officials have declared a ``green&#39;&#39; code warning over the outbreak of a mysterious infection at the Caritas Medical Centre in Kowloon that has hit 28 children.
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A top Chinese health official has warned of the increased risk of infectious diseases such as SARS and bird flu jumping the border to Hong Kong.
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HUNDREDS of patients of Addenbrooke&#39;s Hospital have been warned they may have come into contact with the human form of &quot;mad cow disease&quot;.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Three Malaysians who fell ill in a village hit by the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain have been discharged from a hospital after tests showed no sign of the virus, a senior official said.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Three children and their mother from a village hit by the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain have been admitted to hospital for medical checks after coming down with flu-like symptoms, but three others suspected of contracting the virus have been
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HONG KONG  - Hong Kong health chiefs are investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness at a hospital involving 19 children that left one girl dead, the government revealed.
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Officials are trying to figure out why workers at a meat plant were stricken with a strange neurological illness.
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One of Australia&#39;s major hospitals fears its operating rooms may have been contaminated with a fatal brain-wasting disease. Royal Melbourne Hospital is contacting over a thousand patients who had brain or spinal surgery there in the past 18 months.
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Three out of the seven specimens taken from patients of the Hong Kong Caritas Medical Center outbreak have tested positive for parainfluenza, the Center for Health Protection
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Hong Kong - Hong Kong health chiefs ruled out on Sunday Sars or bird flu in the death of a youngster among 24 hospital patients who suddenly went down with a mystery respiratory complaint.
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Hong Kong's bad air may be   responsible for a significant jump in children being admitted   to hospital for asthma, a six-year study has found.
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Hong Kong's air pollution is causing higher hospitalization of elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, an academic study has found, and experts on Tuesday called for urgent improvements in the city's air quality.
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The authorities in Singapore voice concern about a tropical disease that has killed 23 people this year.
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Thirty-two children who fell ill with a mysterious respiratory disease in a hospital in Hong Kong were infected by a parainfluenza virus, the government said.
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Hong Kong's government has ordered  schools to step up precautions against influenza as another  child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.