Patrick Ip

TL;DR: Examination of the association between COVID-19 vaccination with an mRNA vaccine or an inactivated virus vaccine and the subsequent risk for carditis finds that the results could be useful for public health policymakers to weigh the risk and benefit of population-wide COIDs19 vaccination programs.

TL;DR: This article examined the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on the school readiness of Chinese preschool children in Hong Kong and found that home learning activities (reading and recreational activities) and teachers experience and kindergarten facilities significantly mediated the socioeconomic gradient effects.

TL;DR: This survey has provided the first population based epidemiological information related to food allergy amongst children and younger teenagers in Hong Kong and shows that the prevalence of food allergy, including that from more common subtypes, like shellfish and peanut, is highly comparable to that of most of the developed nations.

TL;DR: Marital dissatisfaction, dissatisfied relationship with mother-in-law, antenatal depressive symptomatology, and anxiety-prone personality predicted PND in Chinese women independently, and it is important to monitor Chinese pregnant women with these predictive risk factors so that PND can be identified early.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated myopia incidence, spherical equivalent refraction (SER) and lifestyle changes among schoolchildren in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic.