Clinical use of disputed therapy prohibited
2016-05-06
China's top health authority reiterated on Thursday that the clinical use of immunotherapy for cancer treatment and public hospitals' subcontracting of departments to private entities are banned.
Experiments envision HIV immunity
2016-04-28
Chinese scientists are working on new projects inspired by the documented case of a man who was cured of AIDS. They hope eventually find a way to ensure that humans are born with immunity to the disease.
Equipment taking aim at cancer
2016-04-28
The country's first heavy-ion medical accelerator is expected to be used in cancer radiotherapy by the end of the year.
Pediatrician shortage incites emergency care shutdowns
2016-04-28
The shortfall in the number of pediatricians has forced hospitals in cities like Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou to stop providing pediatric emergency care or even shut down their pediatric departments.
Vice-premier eyes impoverished students’ nutrition improvement
2016-04-28
Vice-Premier Liu Yandong urged full efforts to carry out the nutrition improvement plan for compulsory education students in rural areas during a recent inspection tour to Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Liu Yandong attends national teleconference on health reform
2016-04-28
Vice-Premier Liu Yandong (C, rear) attends a national video and telephone conference on health reform in Beijing, capital of China, April 27, 2016
Govt strengthens vaccine oversight
2016-04-26
Chief government officials should resign if serious vaccine violations occurred in their jurisdictions, according to a revised regulation approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet, ahead of National Children's Inoculation Day, which fell on Monday.
Ma Xiaowei meets with Czech vice health minister
2016-04-22
Ma Xiaowei, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), met with Radek Policar, Czech vice health minister in Beijing on April 19 to exchange ideas on health cooperation.
Link: China's Central Government / World Health Organization / United Nations Population Fund / UNICEF in China
Copyright © National Health Commission of the PRC All rights reserved
