Building healthy cities important for China: report
2018-04-19
China has adopted several approaches in urban health management, but more efforts are needed to build healthy cities, according to a special report jointly released by Tsinghua University and the prestigious medical Lancet journal on March 18.
China greenlights 'Internet hospitals'
2018-04-17
China has given the greenlight to "Internet hospitals" but stressed that safety is the bottom line.
Cui Li attends UN conference on population and development
2018-04-17
Cui Li, vice-minister of the National Health Commission (NHC) attended the 51st session of the UN Commission on Population and Development in New York, and visited EU headquarters from April 8 to 15.
Drugs made overseas to be tax-free
2018-04-16
Pharmaceuticals made overseas, including cancer drugs and traditional Chinese medicines, will be exempt from import taxes starting May 1, as part of a package of polices to improve drug access and public health in China.
New policies set to ease burden for China's cancer patients
2018-04-14
A series of new policies on anticancer drugs in China will give hope to the country's cancer patients.
Online healthcare on its way, Li says
2018-04-13
China will greenlight internet medical services conducted by medical institutions as part of a broader push to promote Internet Plus healthcare, those at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on April 12.
Doctors taking to the rails on mission to restore vision
2018-04-13
Four trains retrofitted as mobile hospitals will depart Beijing this month on an eight-month mission to help thousands around China regain their sight, according to plans unveiled on April 12 by the Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express.
China publishes pharmacopoeia of Hui medicine
2018-04-13
A pharmacopoeia of practical medicine of the Hui ethnic minority, China's largest Muslim group, has been published, collecting traditional therapies from along the ancient Silk Road.
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