China removes import tariffs on all cancer drugs
2018-05-01
China has exempted import tariffs on all common drugs including cancer drugs, cancer alkaloid-based drugs, and imported traditional Chinese medicine on May 1.
Official stresses responsibility for online hospitals
2018-04-29
Online hospitals must anchor their services to brick-and-mortar hospitals to ensure service providers bear accountability, an official with the National Health Commission has said.
HPV vaccine becomes available in China for women between 16 to 26 years old
2018-04-29
A human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine becomes available in China for women between 16 to 26 years old as the country steps up efforts in fighting cervical cancer.
China greenlights 'Internet hospitals'
2018-04-17
China has given the greenlight to "Internet hospitals" but stressed that safety is the bottom line.
China has 4,238 TCM hospitals
2018-03-18
China now has 4,238 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) hospitals, with 877,000 beds, according to Ma Jianzhong, deputy head of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
China to set up national health commission
2018-03-14
China plans to set up a national health commission, according to a document on a State Council institutional reform plan submitted on March 13 to the ongoing national legislative session for deliberations.
TCM may step in as antibiotics start to fail
2018-02-23
China's top experts in traditional Chinese medicine have developed seven treatments that can potentially combat the growing resistance to antibiotics, a global public health threat that could kill 10 million people a year by 2050.
China seeks better Hepatitis C treatment
2018-02-21
BEIJING -- China increased its pace of development of new treatments for Hepatitis C in support of the World Health Organization goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030.
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