Students' poor eyesight catches eyes of Chinese leadership
2018-06-07
China's growing number of bespectacled youth have caught the attention of national leaders. On June 6, the annual National Eye Health Day, Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan ordered schools and health departments to do more to prevent shortsightedness among young people.
Medical teams productive in supporting Tibet
2018-06-06
Medical aid teams to Tibet autonomous region did an outstanding job, said Wang Hesheng, vice-minister of the National Health Commission, during his inspection of hospitals in the region from May 31 to June 1.
Beijing's smoking population drops by 200,000
2018-06-06
The number of smokers in Beijing has dropped by about 200,000, three years after the city adopted its strictest tobacco control regulation, the municipal health authority said on June 6.
Chinese sent to help fight Congo Ebola
2018-06-06
A team of Chinese health experts will depart for the Democratic Republic of Congo this week to help fight an Ebola outbreak in the west central African nation.
China, Italy eye closer health cooperation
2018-06-03
The deputy head of China's national health authorities met with a senior Italian health official on May 29 in Beijing, vowing to deepen the health cooperation between the two countries.
China's tuberculosis prevention, treatment better than world average
2018-06-03
China's tuberculosis incidence rate fell to 60.5 per 100,000 people in 2017, and the country's tuberculosis prevention and treatment is better than the world average, according to the National Health Commission.
China exceeds US in healthy life span for first time, says WHO
2018-06-01
Chinese people can look forward to a longer healthy life than Americans for the first time since records began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) data.
New medical security body to boost population's health
2018-05-31
The head of China's new National Medical Security Administration has said the body will help the government better ensure medical security and promote healthcare reform.
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