Garage owner, 72, dies after car falls on him in Hong Kong
A 72-year-old garage owner has died after a car he was repairing fell on him in Hong Kong. Police received a report from a passer-by at 2.50pm on Wednesday that a man had become trapped beneath a private car off Wing Lai Road in Tseung Kwan O Upper Village. Emergency personnel arrived to find the man unconscious, with his upper body trapped under the vehicle and only part of his legs visible. He…
Nobel-winning British virologist Sir Michael Houghton has established a programme to create the world's first hepatitis C vaccine while working at Baptist University in Hong Kong. Houghton, who shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for co-discovering the hepatitis C virus, moved to Hong Kong after the United States and Europe reduced their science spending.
He joined the university after more than four decades in North America, seeking funding and access to Chinese strains of the virus. Houghton plans to begin phase one trials in 2028 in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing, with the goal of a worldwide vaccine by 2030. The vaccine would initially target high-risk groups such as healthcare workers, newborns, and individuals with multiple sexual partners, costing around HK$1,600 per dose.
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