Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva
2016-05-24
WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan opened the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly with words of celebration, warning, and hope.
Hospitals cut back on antibiotic use
2016-05-24
The use of antibiotics in Chinese hospitals has dropped by 40 percent since the top health authority began to curb their overuse, said a senior expert.
125 arrested in vaccine scandal
2016-05-23
Prosecuting authorities have approved the arrests of 125 people suspected in a vaccine scandal involving 570 million yuan ($87 million), the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Friday.
Xi stresses adherence to family planning policy
2016-05-19
President Xi Jinping said at a conference of the Family Planning Association on Wednesday that China must adhere to the basic state policy of family planning for the long term.
More organ transplant hospitals on the way
2016-05-16
China is to increase the number of organ transplant hospitals from 169 to about 300 by 2020, according to the chairman of the National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee.
Ministry tweaks eating guidelines
2016-05-16
China's top health authority released a new dietary guideline on Friday, stressing the need for a balanced diet amid rising health threats such as obesity in recent years.
China becomes No 1 in voluntary organ donations in Asia
2016-05-16
Voluntary organ donations by citizens have risen 120 times in past six years since China began the trial in 2010, making the country No 1 in Asia in the number of voluntary organ donations.
China to have more organ transplantation hospitals
2016-05-16
China will increase the number of hospitals conducting organ transplants to 300 in the next five years, said medical expert Huang Jiefu, on Sunday.
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