560: The number of people in China who died of swine flu in 2009
Source: Sohu >>more...
Roche sees China making half of its Asia sales
Roche Holding sees China drug sales accounting for half of its total pharmaceutical revenue from the Asia-Pacific region within the next three years due to the country's higher income levels and >>more...
Shanghai people live longer
The people of Shanghai had an average life span of 81.73 years in 2009, up from 81.28 set in 2008. >>more...
Inclusive list of medicine published
China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has released an inclusive list of guides, descriptions and illustrations of medicine use as guidance for doctors in writing prescriptions. It is the first state-level list of its kind in the country. >>more...
Well-off Chinese travel to Taiwan for nip and tuck
A new wave of affluent Chinese are eager to fit some nips and tucks into their trips to Taiwan, where they can expect to find better medical staff and facilities than back home. >>more...
WHO: One in two births in China delivered by C-section
A survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that there is an "epidemic" of Cesarean sections in China, state media reported. Nearly half of births in China are delivered by >>more...
Capital contribution by equity
The State Council has issued the Measures on Administration of Establishment of Partnership Enterprises in China by Foreign Enterprises or Individuals (the "Measures"). The Measures, effective from March 1, will allow foreign investors to establish partnerships in China. >>more...
Medical information on tap
MMR Information Systems and Unis-Tonghe will use a customized version of MMR's MyMedicalRecords services, and professional document imaging and management solutions in China. >>more...
Health officials prepare for next wave of swine flu
The Chinese government has warned health officials about potential new outbreaks of the H1N1 virus during the Lunar New Year holiday, the busiest travel season of the year, the Wall Street Journal >>more...
Heath care ills
A tale of the swine flu, November 17:
I was recently diagnosed with H1N1 - swine flu. Except it wasn't quite that simple. According to government regulations, I should have been required to visit an >>more...
A tale of the swine flu
Last week, I became an unwitting participant in an ongoing news story: The morning after arriving back in Shanghai from overseas, I felt distinctly unwell. Facing pressing deadlines and a worsening >>more...
China's health care reform needs to address hospital waiting times
Tomorrow morning, I’ve got to make a trip down to Fudan University’s Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital (EENT) to book an appointment with a retinal specialist. I’ve had problems >>more...
Imported paranoia
Two years ago I visited a military hospital in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province in northern China. While it was supposed to be an educational tour, the experience was more akin to a >>more...
Sound bites: health care
Our cover story for our upcoming issue explores business opportunities arising from China's planned reform of its health care system. Over the course of reporting the story we interviewed a number of >>more...
Love China or Love Zhonghua
Cigarette ads: patriotic or simply advertising? That's the question that Shanghai lawmakers are currently considering. They'd like to ban billboards by Shanghai Tobacco Corporation. The billboards >>more...
Fuyang and the coming apocalypse
If there's going to be a deadly intestinal virus outbreak in central China, you can pretty much bet it’s going to happen in Fuyang. The Anhui city, near the border with Henan province, has >>more...
The tea test
Have you heard this gem? Some reporters in Hangzhou decided to put a few city hospitals to the test. They submitted themselves for medical exams, and turned in vials of tea instead of urine samples. >>more...
Money in medicines
There is an interesting legal case in India where Novartis, a Swiss multinational drug company, is suing the Indian government over a declined patent application.
The application is over a cancer >>more...
Shots for the birds
The great poultry vaccination quest continues. China’s Ministry of Agriculture vowed Tuesday to continue on its mission to give every single one of the country’s 15 billion poultry a shot >>more...
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