Environment chief says hygiene officers will take action to clear stagnant water even in places where responsibility for ...

C hina is grappling with a record-breaking outbreak of the chikungunya virus, with 10,000 cases reported so far. The mosquito-borne illness, which causes symptoms such as fever, joint pain, and rash, ...

A senior Hong Kong official said on Wednesday that the semi-autonomous regional government may use "elephant mosquitoes," which feed on the larvae of other mosquitoes rather than blood, to control the ...

Good morning. China is pulling out all the stops to control the spread of the chikungunya virus – more on that below, along ...

Environment secretary Tse Chin-wan said on Wednesday the government may use elephant mosquitoes that prey on the larvae of ...

China has recorded 10,000 cases in an outbreak of a virus that is thought to be the largest of its kind on record in the ...

Health officials on Tuesday called on the public not to self-administer chikungunya fever test kits, saying doing so could ...

Phase Scientific’s CEO says his team is working on rapid test that can yield results in 10 to 15 minutes by finger pricking.

Taiwan has confirmed its first case of chikungunya virus imported from China, where the mosquito-borne illness has surged into what ...

Guangdong saw its largest outbreak in history as mosquito-spread illness boomed after weeks of intense rainfall ...

It was recently announced that Hong Kong was at risk of an outbreak of chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne illness that is ...

A potentially deadly virus has continued to spread in China and Hong Kong, which has forced US health officials to issue new warnings.