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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said Sunday that excellent basic health care that would prevent easily treatable but deadly conditions was achievable even in Africa's poorest nations. "The good news about health is that by spending modest amounts on the prioritized areas, you can get phenomenal ...
China disciplines 80 officials linked to major vaccine scandal
China's corruption watchdog on Saturday said it has disciplined more than 80 officials linked to a major vaccine scandal last summer that inflamed public fears over the safety of domestically produced drugs. Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology — a major Chinese manufacturer of rabies vaccines — was ...
Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off 'insect apocalypse'
Scientists in Finland have developed the first vaccine to protect bees against disease, raising hopes for tackling the drastic decline in insect numbers, which could cause a global food crisis. Bees are vital for growing food, as they help fertilize 3 out of 4 crops ...
The number of rubella patients reported by the country's medical institutions from Jan. 1 to Aug. 19 totaled 184, nearly double the 93 for the whole of last year, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday. Patients in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures — ...
China to prosecute suspects at scandal-hit vaccine maker, confiscate illegal income
Chinese authorities will prosecute all suspects in a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology and confiscate its illegal earnings, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. The company was accused in July of falsifying data for a rabies vaccine and manufacturing an ineffective vaccine for ...
Viral content: vaccine scandal tests Beijing's grip on information control
A Chinese vaccine scandal has laid bare a new challenge Beijing faces in its long battle for information control: blogs and online articles by independent writers capable of unleashing a storm of public fury. Outrage over safety lapses by Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd. in ...
China vaccine scandal ripples through domestic market, threatens push for larger global role
A vaccine scandal in China, which has hit a nerve in the country and prompted quick reactions from leaders in Beijing, is sending ripples across the wider domestic drug market while threatening to dent Chinese ambitions to play a larger global role. Shares in Chinese ...
Citizens are being needlessly left exposed to infectious diseases.
Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said. Jessica Ilunga said 4,000 doses of vaccine were shipped on Saturday to Mbandaka, which ...
Suit opens in Tokyo court over cervical cancer vaccine side effects
Twenty-eight girls and women suffering what they say are side effects from cervical cancer vaccines that were recommended by the government demanded compensation from the state and drugmakers Monday as their trial opened at the Tokyo District Court. The plaintiffs, ranging in age from 15 ...
Human challenge: Vaccine volunteers clear dengue hurdle, target Zika next
Forget mosquito bites. Volunteers let researchers in the U.S. inject them with the dengue virus in the name of science — and an experimental vaccine protected them. Next up, scientists plan to use this same strategy against dengue's cousin, the Zika virus. It's called a ...
Drugmaker Kaketsuken raided over decades of alleged faked records, illegal additives
It comes to light that the contractor of a leaning condominium ordered the use of 14-meter piles, knowing that 18-meter piles were likely needed.
