EVA Air brings ‘Hello Kitty’ to LAX with new Boeing 777 themed jet
Hello Kitty fans are excited over the fact that Taiwan-based EVA Air now has a Hello Kitty-themed plane flying to and from the United States. Hello Kitty characters perform after EVA Air’s themed 777 touched More...
First dengue cases of the year reported in Taipai
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting two “locally-acquired” cases of dengue fever in Taipai, making them the first such cases seen in the capital city in 2013, according to a Taipai More...
Taiwan reports first ever occurrence of H5N3 bird flu on duck farm
Taiwan has notified the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) of it’s first ever detection of H5N3 avian influenza virus, a low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI). photo 24oranges.nl via Flickr The outbreak More...
Taiwan’s first rabies outbreak since 1959 expands, number of confirmed animal infections now at 40
The last time the island nation of Taiwan saw a case of rabies was in 1959. After being more than 50 years rabies-free, the lethal virus reappeared last July 17 in a Formosan ferret-badger. Image/Taiwan CDC Since More...
Taiwan reports first case of human H6N1 avian influenza
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported the first human case of novel avian-origin influenza A (H6N1) virus in a 20-year-old woman, according to the Taiwan CDC June 21. Image/CIA According to More...
Filipino worker in Taiwan dies from rabies
In a follow up to a story earlier this month, officials from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the Filipino worker who contracted rabies in the Philippines has died from the viral disease in a hospital More...
Taiwan reports first enterovirus 71 infection of 2013
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported the first case of the more severe form of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), enterovirus 71 (EV71) in a 19-month old boy, according to a Taipai Times More...
Taiwan reports first imported case of rabies of 2013 in Filipino worker
A Filipino migrant worker is the first case of human rabies to reported in 2013, according to an alert from the Taiwnese Centers for Disease Contol(CDC) on Sunday. The 31-year-old Filipino man apparently received More...
China bird flu outbreak up to 109 cases, Taiwan continues prevention measures
The World Health Organization (WHO), in an update today reports that with the latest case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9), a Taiwanese man working in China, the total confirmed cases of the virus More...
‘Iron Man 3’ opens to box office records in Taiwan, Philippines and France
Iron Man has exploded at the box office and doesn’t open in the US for a couple of weeks. The new Marvel Studios film opened in 12 countries this past Wednesday, raking in $13.2 million dollars, Deadline More...
Taiwan reports first human H7N9 bird flu case, experts consider it ‘one of most lethal’ influenzas
The China human avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreak, as of yesterday, stood at 108 confirmed cases and 22 fatalities, all on the mainland. However, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taiwan has confirmed the More...
WHO: China H7N9 bird flu outbreak tops 100 cases, Taiwan still free of H7N9
The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified by Chinese authorities of more cases of laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, according to a WHO update today. Public domain More...
China bird flu outbreak: First case reported from Beijing, total cases at 47
With the addition of four more confirmed cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, the total now stands at 47, according to a Bloomberg News report today. China map (Beijing in red)Public domain image/Joowwww There were More...
China bird flu outbreak at 38, Taiwan reports 42 suspected cases, none confirmed
The human H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in China has grown to 38 cases, according to the World Health Organization. Of this total, 10 have resulted in death. Image/CIA To date, only one patient, a 4-year old boy More...
Taiwan responds to China H7N9 bird flu outbreak
In response to the Chinese H7N9 avian influenza outbreak that has sickened 21, many critically, and killed six, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, or Taiwan CDC said they will stick to the country’s “Strategic Pandemic Influenza More...
Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing at one person and injuring 19
A strong earthquake hit the island of Taiwan today about 13 miles southeast of Buli, according to a US Geologic Survey report. The quake, which registered 6.0 magnitude by the USGS and 6.1 by Taiwan’s Central More...
Taiwan CDC reports tetanus death in elderly diabetic woman
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced this year’s first death from tetanus in a 75-year-old female who had a history of diabetes and high blood pressure, according to a recent Taiwan CDC More...
Taiwan reports first imported case of measles in child that traveled to China
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) is reporting the first imported measles cases of 2013 in a 8-month-old baby girl who resides in southern Taiwan, according to a recent Taiwan CDC press release. Measles More...
Thai model, Jessica Amornkuldilok wins ‘Asia’s Next Top Model’, Philippine’s Stephanie Retuya is runner-up
The first ever “‘Asia’s Next Top Model” was a close call between models from Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan; however, someone had to come out on top Sunday evening–and that was 27-year-old More...
Experts analyzing Japanese exports for radiation
Authorities across Asia stepped up checks this week on Japanese imports after radioactive contaminants showed up in food and water in quake-stricken Japan following blasts at a nuclear plant last week. Reuters reports More...