Researchers from HKUMed discovered the mechanisms of how infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus can lead to lung injury and vascular damage. The study is the...Read more

A research team from The University of Hong Kong found a significant drop in emergency department visits and an increase in certified deaths during th...Read more

Professor John Nicholls from the University of Hong Kong answers questions about COVID-19. He discusses the virus's origin, its effects on the respira...Read more

Professor John Nicholls from the University of Hong Kong addresses the conspiracy theory linking 5G technology to the coronavirus. He states that ther...Read more

Professor John Nicholls discusses asymptomatic virus carriers, stating that about one third of PCR positive SARS-CoV-2 patients in China do not develo...Read more

The increase in reported symptoms is not due to new strains of the virus, but rather due to increased screening and detection of cases at earlier stag...Read more

Professor John Nicholls from the Department of Pathology explains that the survival of the virus in droplets depends on factors such as temperature, s...Read more

Background: The Omicron BA.2 sublineage has replaced BA.1 worldwide and has comparable levels of immune evasion to BA.1. These observations suggest th...Read more

Several animal models have been developed to study the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection and to evaluate vaccines and therapeutic agents for thi...Read more

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue...Read more

X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP1) is an inborn error of immunity (IEI) with severe immune dysregulation caused by a mutation in the  SH2D1A ...Read more

Researchers at the University of Hong Kongs School of Public Health have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can infect bo...Read more

Hong Kong will close two cruise ship terminals to help curb the coronavirus outbreak. 3,600 people are being kept on board a luxury cruise liner while...Read more

Professor John Nicholls explains that the virus affects both the lower respiratory tract and the conjunctiva of the eye, which accounts for most of th...Read more

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have discovered how the coronavirus affects the senses of taste and smell. The virus infects the olfactory ...Read more

Professor John Nicholls explains that the majority of human coronaviruses have originated from bats and have gone through an intermediate host. The cu...Read more

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused extensive disrupti...Read more

We describe an introduction of clade GH severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causing a fourth wave of coronavirus disease in Hong Kong. The...Read more