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HEALTHJun 29Craze for XXL snacks raises obesity fears in ChinaIn China, a massive surge in junk food and snacks has sparked a new trend: giant retail stores dedicated entirely to XXL-sized snacks. But the craze is raising serious questions about obesity, in a country where 19 percent of children are now overweight.France 24 [en]
HEALTHJun 29Will China ever be held accountable for COVID - 19 ? | News , Sports , JobsThis article discusses whether China will face accountability for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic.thealpenanews.com · United States
HEALTHJun 26China Reports Record-Low Child Mortality Rates in 2025“China has made substantial progress in improving child health during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), with key mortality indicators now among the best in upper-middle-income countries, the National Health Commission said on Monday. In 2025, the country’s infant mortality rate dropped to 3.8 per 1,000 live births, and the under-5 mortality rate fell to […] The post China Reports Record-Low Child Mortality Rates in 2025 appeared first on Human Progress.Human Progress
HEALTHJun 26China Approves CARsgen’s CAR-T Treatment for Stomach Cancer“China’s drug ​regulator said on Monday it has ‌approved a CARsgen Therapeutics treatment for stomach cancer, a new milestone for CAR-T therapies, which engineer patients’ ​immune cells to recognise and kill cancer ​cells. The injection, also known as satri-cel, is ⁠globally the first approved CAR-T cell therapy ​for solid tumors, CARsgen CEO Li Zonghai ​told […] The post China Approves CARsgen’s CAR-T Treatment for Stomach Cancer appeared first on Human Progress.Human Progress
HEALTHJun 22Ex-hospital director opens China’s only school for HIV-positive children to provide shelterA former hospital director in northern China has dedicated over two decades to creating an educational sanctuary for children living with HIV. Guo Xiaoping, 63, a former director of an infectious diseases hospital in Linfen, Shanxi province, began his mission in 2004 after discovering children in hospital’s Aids ward who had reached school age but lacked access to proper education. He transformed a ward into a makeshift classroom, where he and the nurses taught Pinyin and multiplication...South China Morning Post