Category Archives: Health care and pharmaceuticals

Shanxi admits graft, denies vaccine danger

Reporters get feisty at a press conference in Shanxi.

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Infant formula pushers: round two

Tianjin’s Metro Express runs a Xinhua article on maternity ward infant formula promotions.

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Someone’s got to give a urine sample

Mandatory bloodwork: “The patient doesn’t have to do them himself.”

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Swine flu on the airwaves

Swine flu in the news.

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87 kg marijuana bust at Beijing airport

A big hashish bust at Beijing’s Capital Airport.

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Selling out patient privacy to the milk industry

The Mirror describes how companies buy personal information about pregnant women from hospitals so they can market to them directly.

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Hand, foot and mouth disease in Beijing

Xinhua reports on the EV71 virus in Beijing.

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Beware the bloody papaya

The Beijing News (新京报) features a papaya (木瓜) on the cover of its special health section on birth control (人工流产).

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Breast feeding plummets; baby formula ads blamed

China’s Consumer Association recently issued a report on the market for infant formula in 30 Chinese cities. It found only a low percentage of moms who were exclusively feeding their newborns breast milk in the first 6 months. Nearly a … Continue reading

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Lessons from Zheng Xiaoyu: “Don’t be an official in an important position”

The last words of Zheng Xiaoyu (郑筱萸), maybe.

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