China Health News

(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...

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...

Potentially, that opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections, says a new study. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria. The attackers are called phages, derived from the Greek 'phagein', or...

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...

They hope to offer it as an alternative when floor debate begins, possibly by the end of this week.

The research comes as government agencies debate the safety of BPA, a compound that is found in thousands of consumer products ranging from dental sealants to canned food linings and that is so ubiquitous it has been detected in the...

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...