US issues guidelines to avoid heparin contamination
Four years after US drug-maker Baxter International's blood thinner heparin was contaminated in China, causing dozens of deaths, US regulators on Friday issued draft guidelines for safe production.
View ArticleChina begins phasing out prisoner organs next year
China will start phasing out its reliance on organs from executed prisoners for transplants early next year as a new national donation system is implemented, a government-appointed expert has said.
View ArticleFour-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China
A 4-year-old boy has recovered from a new strain of bird flu that has killed nine people in China, a doctor said Wednesday.
View ArticleChina's bird flu response shows new openness (Update)
(AP)—After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like microblog. It's a...
View ArticleFirst human H7N9 bird flu case in Beijing: officials (Update)
A seven-year-old girl is Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said on Saturday as China's outbreak of the disease spread to the capital.
View ArticleWHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai
A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.
View ArticleNo 'sustained' human-to-human transmission of bird flu, WHO says
A top WHO influenza expert said Monday there was still no evidence H7N9 bird flu was spreading in a "sustained" way between people in China, despite the possibility some family members may have...
View ArticleUS health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu
There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.
View ArticleOR models of hepatitis B prove decisive in treating millions in US, China
With hepatitis B infecting as many as 10% of people of Asian descent, operations researchers collaborated with a liver transplant surgeon to develop mathematical models that verified the cost...
View ArticleChina kills market birds as flu found in pigeons
(AP)—China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in...
View ArticleExperts unclear how China bird flu infects humans (Update)
Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when many appear to have had no recent contact with...
View ArticlePharma giant Novartis working on H7N9 vaccine
Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis is researching a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu, its chief executive said Thursday, amid fears that the disease could mutate into a form that spreads among...
View ArticleMeasles cases linked to US adoptions of Chinese children, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—A series of measles cases in the United States involving children adopted from China highlights the importance of vaccinations for any adopted child from overseas, a new report reveals.
View ArticleChina bird flu death reported as 2014 toll rises
A man has died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China, state media reported Monday, at the end of a year in which cases of the virus have accelerated.
View ArticleUN health agency 'vigilant' about China bird flu outbreak
The World Health Organization says an increase in bird flu cases in China this year has not shown sustained human-to-human transmission, but it vows to remain "vigilant" over the puzzling outbreak in...
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