Topic: East Asia
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in China and Hong Kong are designing a gel containing an experimental drug which they hope can reduce HIV infections in women.The search for such a prophylaxis is gaining urgency in China with sex becoming the number ...
China's health minister said Tuesday he was concerned about the HIV/AIDS situation among migrant workers, but added the Asian nation had managed to contain the "fast spread" of the disease."My major concern about our situation is the migrant population because the health ...
White ginseng is the root of the Panax plant that has been processed for therapeutic purposes. Ginseng has been used for thousands of years in China to promote good health. This gives white ginseng its name. It differs from steam-processed ginseng, which ...
Commonly known as bitter melon , ampalaya is a plant that grows in tropical and sub-tropical areas around the world. At times, the flesh and pith are used as ingredients in dishes. The flesh and pith may be consumed raw, or cooked ...
The chief of the UNAIDS agency said Thursday that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times."The world economic recession is pushing countries... to enforce austerity," UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibe ...
A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job because he is HIV-positive, in what state media on Tuesday called the nation's first such discrimination case.The plaintiff, whose identity was not revealed, filed the suit against the education ...
Chinese AIDS activist who caught the virus as a boy is detained by police, colleagues sayPolice in central China have detained an AIDS activist who contracted the virus as a boy and whose tireless campaigning for the rights of those with the ...
This section offers news briefs in China. China's first regional airliner ARJ21-700 Xiangfeng finished its first flight in Shanghai in on November 28, 2008. A ceremony was held by Pepsi Co. Ltd. to introduce Doritos in China.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People infected with hepatitis B virus are around twice as likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, researchers reported on Tuesday.Hepatitis B was already known to cause liver cancer and some scientists had suspected it might cause lymphoma, too. The study, ...
China, India and other fast-growing economies should start to contribute to the world's war chest to fight AIDS, the head of the Global Fund said on Friday as the 18th world AIDS conference wound down.Speaking amid deepening concern about donations from western ...
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