Browsing: China

Gao dedicated herself to helping AIDS patients, often at great personal cost. She distributed educational leaflets, provided medical assistance, and vocally criticised the local government for covering up the crisis. This stance eventually led to conflicts with officials and her subsequent move to the United States.

Medical Channel Asia presents the weekly Asian medical news bulletin, bringing you essential healthcare news from across the region. This week’s bulletin covers the Philippines’ and Indonesia’s response to the rising respiratory cases in China, HIV in Malaysia and more. 

Recent footage capturing crowded conditions in Beijing hospitals has raised global concern over a surge in respiratory infections in China. The Chinese health ministry, however, attributes this increase to flu and other common winter illnesses, not a novel virus. 

Hearing aid producer Signia has launched its innovative initiative, the Signia Mobile Fitting Van, to address hearing health challenges in China.

In an unprecedented move, Moderna, a biotech firm based in Massachusetts, USA, has struck a landmark deal with Chinese officials to research, develop and manufacture messenger RNA (mRNA) medicines in China. 

This week, we look at China’s relaxing of COVID measures, the 2nd Vaccine Cooperation Forum, and the future of public health in Asia.

Home quarantine for people with mild and no symptoms and freer to travel around the country are among the new relaxed COVID controls in China.

On 22 Nov 2022, China reported new data on COVID-19 cases that forced restrictions to take place once again. Read more