Topic: East Asia
BEIJING (Reuters Life! ) - The autumn weather is glorious, a week-long holiday is coming up, but fears of the H1N1 flu are keeping many Chinese students in their dorms these days.Schools in Xi'an, a northwestern city that has seen heavy flu ...
China kicked off mass vaccinations for swine flu Monday in Beijing, making it apparently the first nation in the world to start innoculating its population against the virus.The Asian giant has been at the forefront of international efforts to produce an A(H1N1) ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's public security ministry has warned police to be on guard against any threats to public order linked to the spread of the H1N1 strain of flu, including the spreading of rumors and price-gouging for drugs.China has reported 11,722 ...
Scientists at the Kaohsiung Medial University in Taiwan have discovered that the roots of a plant used in 1918 to fight the Spanish influenza pandemic produces natural antiviral compounds that kill the swine flu virus, H1N1. Ferula asafetida is commonly known as ...
Chinese soccer league faces possible suspension as swine flu hits 1 teamChina's soccer officials may suspend the Super League after an outbreak of swine flu at one team.Players and staff of Chongqing Lifan, including Dutch coach Arie Haan, were confined to their ...
Tens of millions of people could be infected with swine flu in China in the coming months, a health ministry official said Friday, adding that fatalities would be " "According to expert estimates, our nation during the autumn season might have several ...
About 100,000 student volunteers who have been selected to participate in China's National Day celebrations on October 1 will be among the first to get swine flu vaccines here, state media said Tuesday.The measure is part of a plan put in place ...
About 100,000 student volunteers who have been selected to participate in China's National Day celebrations on October 1 will be among the first to get swine flu vaccines here, state media said Tuesday.The measure is part of a plan put in place ...
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said on Thursday that it has tested a new swine flu vaccine that may work after one dose while health chiefs hailed another one-dose drug developed in China.Novartis said it was ready to produce one million doses of ...
China on Thursday granted approval to its first home-grown swine flu vaccine, which producer Sinovac says is effective after only one dose, as the country braces for a feared winter outbreak.The decision could boost the global fight against A(H1N1) influenza, as most ...