Top cancer specialist raising radiotherapy awareness
2015-11-06
Hundreds of cancer patients needing radiotherapy are among the international medical tourists who come to China - even though it is not part of mainstream cancer treatment here.
Most couples want two children, top health official says
2015-11-10
Couples between the ages of 20 and 44 want to have an average of 1.93 children, says National Health and Family Planning Commission's deputy minister.
Money woes hobble anti-AIDS groups
2015-11-09
Private organizations committed to HIV/AIDS control are heading into another cold winter without the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which pulled out of China in 2011.
New policy expected to bring spike in births, and then fewer
2015-11-05
A "pileup" of births is expected in the first three to five years after the universal two-child policy takes effect, resulting in two to five million more newborns each year over the time frame, according to experts' estimations.
New family planning rules are not law yet
2015-11-03
Local and provincial authorities must continue to abide by China's current family planning policy until a new policy allowing all couples to have two children goes into effect after being ratified by legislators, the National Heath and Family Planning Commission said in an online statement issued on Sunday.
UN official lauds childbirth policy
2015-11-03
Li Bin, minister of the commission, said the supply of such social goods will be expanded to facilitate the new policy, in line with people's expectations, and will benefit them over the long run.
Alliance launched to help train quality doctors
2015-11-01
A China Residency Education and Elite Training Hospital Alliance has been established to teach high-quality medical doctors.
Hebei nursing home serves as pilot project to house capital's seniors
2015-11-02
A massive nursing home community being built about 80 kilometers southwest of Beijing is expected to provide 2,600 rooms for senior citizens from the capital when it opens next year.
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