AUSTRALIA'S FLU SEASON HAS U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS BRACING FOR A BAD WINTER, AND WANTING A NEW VACCINE

As we prepare for a potentially severe influenza season, we must consider whether our current vaccines can be improved, Fauci and his coauthors wrote... READ MORE›

FLU VACCINE USED THIS YEAR 'WASN'T UP TO IT'

Influenza NSW Health Minister says current vaccine 'not up to the job' after deadly flu season... READ MORE›

2. WHAT HAPPENED IN CHINA OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS?

As well as in mainland China, infections have been detected in Hong Kong, Macau and among travelers who had been in the mainland... READ MORE›

BIRD FLU HITS FRENCH FOIE GRAS INDUSTRY AT BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR

This virus has never been detected in humans, unlike other strains, but millions of farm birds were slaughtered in Asia in 2014 before it arrived in Europe... READ MORE›

CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG

Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›

'LOW SEVERITY' BIRD FLU CASE AT HAMPSHIRE FARM

A 1km poultry movement restriction zone has been imposed and the birds at the commercial chicken breeding farm will be culled, Defra said... READ MORE›

1 PERSON DEAD OF FLU, 115 CONFIRMED CASES SO FAR IN OTTAWA

From Sept. 1 to Jan. 3 there were 115 confirmed cases of influenza in the city, according to Ottawa Public Health... READ MORE›

BRITISH 'BANKER' ARRESTED OVER HONG KONG 'PROSTITUTE' MURDER

The women were discovered in the 31st floor flat in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong a skyscrapper-filled central area popular with young, expat professionals... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

12 and is recovering from the illness in self-isolation, said the Public Health Agency of Canada... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PUBLISHERS SPOOKED, ANTI-CHINA BOOKS OFF SHELVES

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi skirted a direct question on whether the men were under Chinese detention at a recent press conference... READ MORE›

'FREE RANGE' CHRISTMAS TURKEYS COOPED UP IN BARNS UNDER EMERGENCY BIRD FLU MEASURES

This is a precautionary measure to help reduce the risk from a strain of avian flu circulating in mainland Europe... READ MORE›

WHY ARE ALL THESE ANGRY MEN IN HONG KONG WEARING BRAS?

On Sunday dozens of men wearing bras gathered outside a police station in the busy Wan Chai district of Hong Kong island... READ MORE›

THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE 2016 FLU VACCINE? HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The influenza vaccine is formulated annually because seasonal flu viruses undergo continuous genetic mutation and the vaccine needs to match the major circulating strains... READ MORE›

HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BIRD FLU STRAIN FOUND AT DUTCH FARM

Agricultural inspectors started destroying the 150,000 chickens at the farm in the village of Hekendorp, and banned poultry transport across the whole of the Netherlands... READ MORE›

FLU WARNING ISSUED AS REPORTED CASES SOAR

Swine flu is only one of four strains of influenza circulating, according to Robert Booy from the University of Sydney... READ MORE›

BIRD FLU CASES SURGED THIS SEASON, BUT HUMAN RISK REMAINS LOW

The number of people infected in China exceed previous seasons, said Dr. Wenqing Zhang, head of the Global Influenza Program at the WHO... READ MORE›

'MOMENTOUS SIGNIFICANCE': MODERN-DAY SLAVE TO GET HIS DAY IN COURT

Hong Kong narrowly defines human trafficking as a crime only involving cross-border sex trafficking for prostitution, meaning that victims of forced labour are not legally protected... READ MORE›

Last month one woman in Hong Kong became infected with the virus after she traveled to a wet market in mainland China... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA CONFIRMS HIGHLY PATHOGENIC BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS

A leaflet depicts South Korea President Park Guen-hye with fangs, dressed in military gear and covered in war paint... READ MORE›

'NOBODY IS SAFE': THOUSANDS PROTEST IN HONG KONG OVER MISSING PUBLISHERS

The demonstrators gathered outside government headquarters - the scene of pro-democracy protests in late 2014 - carrying banners that read Release Hong Kong Booksellers Now!... READ MORE›

'SEVERAL DOZEN FATALITIES' FEARED WITH NINE CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER MASSIVE FIRE DURING RAVE AT WAREHOUSE IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

'several dozen fatalities' feared with nine confirmed dead after massive fire during rave at warehouse in oakland, california... READ MORE›

CHINA REPORTS FIRST HUMAN DEATHS FROM BIRD FLU THIS WINTER

Hong Kong this week reported its first human bird flu infection for this season... READ MORE›

ALL OF FRANCE PUT ON 'HIGH RISK' RESTRICTIONS OVER BIRD FLU

Situation in France and in several European countries, the statement said... READ MORE›

BOOING, A WALKOUT, AND HONG KONG VETOES CHINA-BACKED ELECTORAL REFORM PROPOSAL

Pro-democracy protesters celebrate after lawmakers voted against the electoral reform proposals in Hong Kong... READ MORE›

CHINA'S 'REMOVAL' OF HONG KONG BOOKSELLER IS 'SERIOUS BREACH' OF TREATY, U.K. SAYS

The Joint Declaration is the treaty signed in 1984 between Britain and China safeguarding Hong Kong's rights and freedoms after Beijing took power in 1997... READ MORE›

BOOING, A WALKOUT, AND HONG KONG VETOES CHINA-BACKED ELECTORAL REFORM PROPOSAL

Pro-democracy protesters celebrate after lawmakers voted against the electoral reform proposals in Hong Kong... READ MORE›

FERRY CAPTAIN GUILTY ON FATAL CRASH

The ferry was heading from Hong Kong Island to the outlying island of Lamma when the collision happened... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS GATHER IN HONG KONG TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF PROTESTS

The anniversary comes after Beijing's top representative in Hong Kong suggested chief executive Leung was above the law, compounding worries about the mainland's control... READ MORE›

DUTCH DESTROY 190,000 DUCKS IN FIRST BIRD FLU CULL

Some 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday at six farms in the Netherlands following an avian flu outbreak, the country's first cull of an epidemic swee... READ MORE›

BIRD FLU DETECTED IN DUCK IN CO WEXFORD

A department spokesman said The Department reiterates that strict bio-security measures are necessary to prevent the introduction of avian influenza into poultry and captive bird flocks... READ MORE›