State media on the mainland are reporting that an outbreak of a mystery viral pneumonia in Wuhan is now believed to be down to a new type of coronavirus that has emerged. Dr Leung Chi-chiu, a respiratory medicine and public health expert from the Hong ...

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have announced they're taking a step back from their royal duties -- a decision that is understood to have disappointed and hurt other members of the royal family, who supposedly had no idea it was coming. The...

Researchers at the Chinese University have found that exposing children to farm dust could prevent them from having asthma. A study they carried out showed the percentage of children suffering from asthma in Hong Kong more than doubled than that in Cho...

The Public Doctors' Association has questioned government assurances that local public hospitals are ready for a possible outbreak of the mystery disease that's infected dozens in the mainland city of Wuhan. Health Secretary Sophia Chan told lawmakers ...

Iran has carried out a ballistic missile attack on air bases housing American forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani. Missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil, in the north, and Al-Asad, west of Ba...

An infectious disease expert says the government's move to give health authorities the legal power to force people who may have been exposed to a mystery illness from Wuhan to be isolated or quarantined, will be 'useful' in limiting the possible spread...

An attack by masked assailants wielding batons and iron rods on the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi at the weekend is further polarising India. Some students have blamed it on right-wing activists, but they've also accused the poli...