Professor Leo Poon says long-lasting protective effects of potential new vaccine may reduce need to receive yearly jabs.

Professor Leo Poon says long-lasting protective effects of potential new vaccine may reduce need to receive yearly jabs.

Hong Kong scientists have developed a needle-free flu vaccine, promising a stronger immune response against various virus ...

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong recently announced that its research team has achieved a ...

Francis Collins, who served as director until 2021, wasn’t shy about pushing through the NIH’s neuroscience-focused BRAIN ...

China has reported eight more H9N2 avian flu infections in people from four different areas, along with another H10N3 avian flu case in a resident of Guangxi province, the Hong Kong Centre for Health ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his ...

A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.

HKUMed has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and ...

New recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are asking scientists to dive into ...

When we heard the news of the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, we initially worried that it was a ...

From lathering mustard and lard on your chest to onion water and old sweaty socks, BBC archive footage from 1959 captures how ...