The Ministry of Health has reported that 40 children died of hand foot and mouth disease in China last month. From AP: The Ministry of Health reported 77,756 cases of the disease in March. The number of deaths increased sharply,...
Read MoreFollowing seven more deaths, a total of 57 people have died this year from hand, foot and mouth disease, AP reports: About 126,000 cases have been reported this year — nearly 55,000 in March alone, 31 of which were fatal. Almost...
Read MoreFrom Reuters via MSNBC: China’s capital has recorded its first death from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities try to contain the spread of a potent virus just three months before the city hosts the...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed five more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 39, state media said on Monday. But the official Xinhua news agency cited health officials...
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Almost 3,000 children in eastern China have now been infected by the deadly Enterovirus 71 (EV71) intestinal virus, according to state-run media. A child died on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 21, and a...
Read MoreFrom Reuters via MSNBC: A virus outbreak in an eastern Chinese city has killed 19 children and left hundreds ill, state media reported on Sunday nearly two months after the outbreak started. The intestinal virus called...
Read MoreSpace for free expression in Hong Kong continues to shrink. On Wednesday, a judge convicted five speech therapists of sedition after they published a series of illustrated children’s books. On Saturday, the judge sentenced each...
Read MoreWhat Shanghai authorities once hailed as a four day “slowing of the pace” to combat an Omicron outbreak has now become a lockdown in earnest, and children and the elderly are among those suffering the most. On Thursday, The Wall...
Read MoreUnofficial data published by China’s Ministry of Public Security indicated a 15% decline in new birth registrations in 2020. The drop off is a reflection of a host of factors: the coronavirus epidemic, legacies of the...
Read MoreThe CDT Censorship Digest is a monthly round-up of censored speech, propaganda developments, and rights defense in China, compiled and written by CDT Chinese editors. We have selected, translated, and adapted relevant and...
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