Beijing Health News

Two dogs in Beijing have tested positive for swine flu in the second case of animals catching the disease in China along with pigs in the northeast, Chinese media said Sunday. The A(H1N1) virus detected in the dogs was 99...

Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease. Despite initially declaring success, Beijing now...

(CBS) China has imposed some of the toughest measures in the world to prevent the spread of swine flu. But many wonder whether or not they are working as well as the government claims, reports CBS News Correspondent Celia Hatton...

http://china.globaltimes.cn/index.html As A(H1N1) flu cases increase due to colder temperatures, people across the Chinese mainland are using novel ways to stay healthy and safe. Since September, the number of confirmed A(H1N1) cases have grown rapidly, and the epidemic is expected...

Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated. The country's health ministry reported the deaths late Friday on...

The health ministry "reaffirms that health authorities at all levels must conscientiously perform A(H1N1) prevention and control reporting work," according to a statement posted on its website late Thursday. Zhong Nanshan, a medical expert in southern China's Guangdong province, was...

A/H1N1 vaccine shortages in U.S. could be eased this week with the arrival of 10 million new doses, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.     Sebelius made the above remarks Saturday just one day after president Barack Obama...

Chinese schools and universities are ready to fight the A/H1N1 influenza virus during the new semester starting on September 1. Beijing will provide free traditional Chinese medicine to prevent A/H1N1 infection for 3 million students in primary schools, middle schools...

China is set to be the first country to mass-produce a vaccine against the A/H1N1 flu pandemic, which scientists warn might erupt this fall and winter. After passing a panel of experts certification organized by the State Food and Drug...