China’s cabinet, the State Council, issued a draft on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) legislation for public review on Thursday. China will establish a comprehensive TCM medical service system covering both urban and rural areas, the draft said. Local governments above the county level should set up TCM departments in public hospitals and promote TCM service […]
After 3 months trial operation, the “Tongjunge” (桐君阁) Chongqing Chinese Medicinal Materials Market of Taiji Group, located at Caiyuanba Bund, officially opened to the public on November 18th, 2013. Chongqing Chinese Medicinal Materials Market, one of the 17 national specialized markets of Chinese medicinal materials, has a history of 20 years, with the former site […]
The Ministry of Water Resources announced on Thursday a plan to treat water and soil loss problems over the next five years. The plan, which covers 279 counties across 20 provincial-level regions, aims to treat water and soil losses over 30,000 square km of land during the 2013-2017 period, according to a statement on the […]
H7N9 bird flu has killed 45 people on the Chinese mainland since the first human infection was confirmed in late March, a health official said Thursday. A total of 134 cases of H7N9 infection have been confirmed on the Chinese mainland, said Wang Yu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Wang […]
12 August, Asia Pacific: Over 750 healthcare IT delegates from 23 countries and regions including Greater China, Australia, Singapore and the US attended HIMSS AsiaPac13 Greater China eHealth Forum in Hong Kong first week of August to hear from the world’s leading experts on how IT is transforming the medical landscape. Global experts from technology suppliers, medical establishments, […]
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Monday that he wants a government inquiry into the Fonterra contamination scare to allay consumer fears in China, possibly with a Chinese representative. His announcement came as two other inquiries — one by Fonterra and one by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) — were formally announced to […]
A group of medical, veterinary and avian experts recently gathered in Beijing to see if there is a relation between the current outbreak of the H7N9 avian flu virus and migratory birds. Having failed to remove the birds from a list of possible carriers, the experts suggested monitoring not only east China, where the first […]
The total of confirmed cases of human infection of the H7N9 avian influenza in China has risen to 49, as six new cases, including the first one in Beijing, were reported on Saturday. During the 24-hour period ending 5 p.m. on Saturday, China confirmed six new infections, with one each in Beijing and Shanghai, and […]
Russia’s disease control chief Dr Gennady Onishchenko has issued instructions to carry out health checks on all arrivals from China. This follows reports about 43 human cases of the H7N9 bird flu in that country. Eleven of these cases have already proved lethal. More than 760 people are under observation for symptoms of the deadly […]
Seventeen medical institutions launched China’s first national organization against rare diseases on the eve of the World Rare Disease Day, in Jinan of east China’s Shandong Province. China Rare Diseases Prevention and Treatment Alliance is committed to the establishment of rare disease treatment centers across the country, research on the cure of such conditions, publicity […]