Mosquitoes released in fight against dengue fever
2015-08-03
More than half a million specially bred male mosquitoes are being released on an island in southern China every week to fight dengue fever.
First rural doctors graduate
2015-07-30
Most of China's first group of doctors specifically trained for work in rural areas have been assigned to hospitals and clinics in the country's less-developed regions, health and education officials said recently.
Massive survey to focus on 223,000 elderly
2015-07-29
A national survey on China's aging population, the largest such effort of its kind, will start on Saturday, authorities announced on Tuesday.
New program 'to benefit commercial insurers'
2015-07-25
Commercial insurers are expected to benefit from a major medical insurance program that will cover almost all residents in China by the end of this year, despite restrictions on their profit margins.
China strives for 'Zero AIDS' era
2015-07-24
Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan, who is also the WHO's goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, said she would join the nation's battle against HIV/AIDS, striving for a "zero AIDS" China.
Hepatitis B among children plummets
2015-07-24
The infection rate of hepatitis B among children under 5 years old in China declined to 0.32 percent by the end of last year, a thirtyfold decrease since 1992, China's health authority said on Thursday.
Experts: Get tough on tobacco ad ban
2015-07-17
Anti-tobacco activists and public health experts have called for the strict enforcement of the newly revised law banning tobacco advertising in public places.
Nursing homes fail middle-income seniors
2015-07-17
Less than 20 percent of nursing homes in China's major cities are profitable, and homes for middle-income seniors fall far short of what is needed, according to a report released on Thursday by the China Research Center on Aging.
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