Tag: Hospitals

China Newborn Baby Deaths Fall with Improved Healthcare (Updated)

Research from Peking University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine finds that the death rate among newborn babies in China has fallen sharply since the mid-1990s. From Reuters: Deaths among newborn babies fell 62 percent to 9.3 for every 1,000 live births in 2008, compared to 24.7 in 1996, they wrote in a paper published in The Lancet medical journal. This improved figure puts

September 16, 2011 1:50 PM

AIDS Activism: Bad Blood

Following protests in Zhengzhou last month in which some 300 AIDS patients and supporters toppled the gate of a governmen

September 6, 2012 9:35 PM

Report Details China’s TB Epidemic

More than 10% of China’s annual tuberculosis cases are multi-drug resistant (MDR), according to a national TB surve

June 8, 2012 1:25 AM

Hospital in China Fends Off Angry Mob

Professional mourners have long been a part of funerals in China. Now, the bereaved can also hire mobs of pitchfork-wield

August 26, 2011 12:00 AM

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