Public Health Archives - China Heralder https://chinaheralder.com/category/public-health/ Voice of Great China Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://chinaheralder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-china-heralder-Favico-32x32.png Public Health Archives - China Heralder https://chinaheralder.com/category/public-health/ 32 32 GOP Senators: Halt Travel With China to Stop ‘Mystery Illness’ https://chinaheralder.com/2023/12/16/gop-senators-halt-travel-with-china-to-stop-mystery-illness/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:22:41 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=6809 Public health experts have said the pneumonia outbreak is linked to known diseases. Five Republican senators wrote to President Joe Biden on Friday, asking him to restrict travel to and from China until more is known about a surge in cases of pneumonia among children there. The senators said a travel ban was needed because of China’s […]

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]]> Officials call for deeper China-US health collaboration https://chinaheralder.com/2023/12/12/officials-call-for-deeper-china-us-health-collaboration/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:05:06 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=6635 The long history of China and the United States collaborating to combat health challenges, especially infectious diseases, has yielded plenty of outcomes globally, and hopes are now high for deeper bilateral cooperation to address more health issues and promote health equity, experts and officials said. During a video call in September with Loyce Pace, assistant […]

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]]> Advancing COPD care in China through a comprehensive approach https://chinaheralder.com/2023/12/11/advancing-copd-care-in-china-through-a-comprehensive-approach/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:03:39 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=6632 China has almost 100 million people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and accounts for almost 25% of all COPD cases globally. Notably, COPD was the third leading cause of death in China and accounted for more than 0.9 million deaths in 2013. A nationwide intervention with integrated strategies and measures targeting COPD care […]

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]]> What Do We Know About China’s Respiratory Illness Surge? https://chinaheralder.com/2023/12/09/what-do-we-know-about-chinas-respiratory-illness-surge/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 14:03:08 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=6777 SHANGHAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A request by the World Health Organization for more information on a surge in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children in China has attracted global attention. Health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens, the WHO later said, and doctors and public health researchers say there is no […]

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]]> Daughter of Tajikistan President Built Medical Empire on Government Contracts https://chinaheralder.com/2023/10/28/daughter-of-tajikistan-president-built-medical-empire-on-government-contracts/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 16:16:42 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=6466 Paris (27/10 – 40) An independent investigation done by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has found that the little-known daughter of Tajikistan’s president has built a medical empire that is generously supported by the state with finance and PR, and her husband, who is ambassador to Turkey, provides her with lobbying services. Parvina Rakhmonova – fifth […]

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]]> Advancing the Digital Health Ecosystem in Southeast Asia https://chinaheralder.com/2023/10/23/advancing-the-digital-health-ecosystem-in-southeast-asia/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 03:41:44 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=6031 With access to medical care heavily disrupted by COVID-19, the adoption of digital health technologies had an unprecedented uptake in Southeast Asia. Notably, ASEAN countries were quick to shift to telehealth as governments adapted existing medical regulations and policies to allow for teleconsultation and promote remote access to medical care during the pandemic. This rapid digital transformation […]

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]]> Covid: Top Chinese Scientist Says Don’t Rule Out Lab Leak https://chinaheralder.com/2023/06/21/covid-top-chinese-scientist-says-dont-rule-out-lab-leak/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=4937 The possibility the Covid virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has told BBC News. As head of China’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Prof George Gao played a key role in the pandemic response and efforts to trace its origins. China’s government dismisses any suggestion […]

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]]> Frustration is rising over Covid drug shortages in China, and there are no easy answers https://chinaheralder.com/2023/01/19/us-house-approves-new-china-committee/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:12:27 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=3585 As Jo Wang, an event planner in Beijing, watched her family members fall ill with Covid-19one by one late last month she had a single goal: find antiviral pills to protect her elderly grandfather when his turn came. After three days of trying and failing to purchase a box of Pfizer’s Paxlovid on an e-commerce platform, […]

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]]> ‘The Protests Awakened Us’: Student Activists in China Speak Out — While the Government Relents https://chinaheralder.com/2022/12/12/the-protests-awakened-us-student-activists-in-china-speak-out-while-the-government-relents/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:31:51 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=3442   IN THE PAST week, Chinese authorities have reportedly begun tactically bargaining with citizens to quash dissent erupting across the country. Massive protests have seen people of all demographics united in outrage over the draconian Covid lockdown policies of the past two years. There have been huge rallies in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, and Chengdu, with as many as […]

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]]> China to abolish its Covid-19 trace tracking service, the ‘Mobile Itinerary card,’ on Tuesday, officials say https://chinaheralder.com/2022/12/12/china-to-abolish-its-covid-19-trace-tracking-service-the-mobile-itinerary-card-on-tuesday-officials-say/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:42:17 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=3420   China will abolish its Covid-19 trace tracking service, the “Mobile Itinerary card,” on Tuesday, officials say. “Mobile Itinerary card inquiry channels such as text messages, web pages, WeChat extensions, Alipay extensions and app will go offline at the same time,” according to a statement from the country’s Academy of Information and Communications Technology. ‘The world […]

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