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Health Ministry defends fruit safety in Beijing supermarkets

National
2009-11-18

CHINA'S Ministry of Health said today that fruit sold in supermarkets in Beijing had been tested and found to meet national standards, in response to a Greenpeace report in July on pesticide residues on fruit sold...

Inner Mongolia reports 12th swine flu death on mainland

National
2009-11-6

THE Chinese mainland reported one more death from swine flu today after at least 12 people had fallen victim to the disease, authorities said. The new death case, reported in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous...

Net addicts to be spared the rod

National
2009-11-6

THE Ministry of Health has banned the use of physical punishment to wean teens off the Web, months after a boy was beaten to death at an Internet boot camp. Some parents have turned to more than 200 organizations...

H1N1 vaccine 'rumors' false

National
2009-11-3

THE Ministry of Health yesterday dispelled an online rumor that the recent swine flu influenza outbreak in Beijing was caused by the vaccination of students prior to the National Day celebration. "The rumor violates...

Western regions face greater swine flu risk

National
2009-10-20

THE Ministry of Health warned yesterday that people in the country's western regions were more at risk of getting swine flu compared to their eastern counterparts due to inadequate medical resources. According...

26 million H1N1 shots ready soon

National
2009-9-24

CHINA will have reserves of 26 million H1N1 flu vaccine shots at the end of October, according to a news briefing jointly held by the Ministry of Health and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in...

Mainland verifies new H1N1 cases

National
2009-9-15

THE Chinese mainland confirmed 1,598 new cases of swine flu in the 72 hours ending at 3pm yesterday, bringing the total number to 9,103, the Ministry of Health said in Beijing. Among the newly confirmed cases,...

No forced organ donations: ministry

National
2009-9-9

THE Ministry of Health yesterday gave an assurance that organ donation is voluntary in China. "Organ donation follows the principle of being voluntary and unpaid in China," said ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an....

Snakebites kill 6,000 yearly in Bangladesh

World
2009-8-10

SOME 700,000 people in Bangladesh are bitten by snakes every year and up to 6,000 of those die, in part because of poor access to medical care, making snakebites the country's second leading cause of unnatural death,...

Ban on agencies selling hospital appointments

Metro | Health
2009-8-7

SOME local hospitals have stopped using agencies that charge patients for outpatient appointments, after the Ministry of Health proposed to ban hospitals using such agencies and make them operate their own free appointment...