Tag: China
China cancer village tests reach of law against pollution
by on Jan.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
XIAOXIN, China (Reuters) – Nothing in Wu Wenyong's rural childhood hinted he would end up on a hospital bed aged 15, battling two kinds of cancer. Born to poor farmers in Xiaoxin, a dusty village of low brick houses in southwestern Yunnan prov…
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China stops unapproved stem cell treatments
by on Jan.10, 2012, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ordered a halt to all unapproved stem cell treatments and clinical trials, state media reported on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the largely untested stem cell therapies now on offer across the country. The Min…
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China says man dies of bird flu
by on Dec.31, 2011, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in southern China's Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever, state media reported. The 39-year-old bus driver living in Shenzhen, just across the border from H…
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New China food safety scandal widens to oil, peanuts
by on Dec.31, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Chinese authorities in a southern boomtown have detected a cancer-causing toxin in peanuts and cooking oil that was only recently discovered in milk, in the nation's latest food safety scandal.
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China to allow some foreigners to retire there
by on Dec.23, 2011, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will allow some foreigners who sign up to a new social security system to retire there so they can claim their pensions, state media said Thursday, offering details of a new tax that foreign businesses fear will push up c…
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Violent protest against power plant in another South China town
by on Dec.22, 2011, under Health and Fitness
HAIMEN, China (Reuters) – Police fired teargas to break up demonstrations on Thursday over a proposed power plant in a southern China town, where protests have escalated into clashes with police this week and officials tried to calm tempers by sus…
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Violent protest against power plant in another South China town
by on Dec.22, 2011, under Health and Fitness
HAIMEN, China (Reuters) – Police fired teargas to break up demonstrations on Thursday over a proposed power plant in a southern China town, where protests have escalated into clashes with police this week and officials tried to calm tempers by sus…
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China probe finds Coke yogurt poisoning likely
by on Dec.06, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Chinese police believe a child who died after drinking a Coca Cola-made yogurt drink was probably the victim of deliberate poisoning, official media said on Tuesday after a testing agency found no toxins in samples from the same batch of the drink.
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China probe finds Coke yogurt poisoning likely
by on Dec.06, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Chinese police believe a child who died after drinking a Coca Cola-made yogurt drink was probably the victim of deliberate poisoning, official media said on Tuesday after a testing agency found no toxins in samples from the same batch of the drink.
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China expects 48,000 new HIV cases this year
by on Nov.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, state media reported Wednesday, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex.
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