Researchers at Fudan Zhongshan Xiamen Hospital have identified a previously unrecorded human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele, which has since received an official designation from the World Health Organization, the hospital said on Wednesday.
China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) has released a list of drug applications that passed the initial review for potential inclusion in the country's 2026 national medical insurance reimbursement catalog.
China has released a national health development plan for 2026-2030 that aims to raise average life expectancy to 80 years by 2030 and further strengthen healthcare services, public health capacity, and medical insurance coverage, according to a government document.
China approved 38 innovative drugs in the first half of 2026, including 11 domestically developed medicines featuring new targets or mechanisms of action. It signals an acceleration in the country's pharmaceutical innovation efforts, a National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) official said on Sunday.
A 5-year-old Vietnamese child with autism spectrum disorder recently underwent fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, the hospital said Thursday.
China has expanded its national essential medicines list to 794 drugs, up from 685 previously, in a move to improve access to basic medicines across the country's healthcare system.
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had recorded 321 confirmed cases of Ebola and 48 deaths as of June 1.
A university in South China announced on Monday that a research team led by Sun Xuyong has successfully transplanted a complete pig liver and two pig kidneys into a single human recipient.
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Uganda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a period of four weeks as authorities intensify efforts to prevent the spread of an Ebola outbreak that has already crossed into the East African country.
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Ebola-hit DR Congo facingcatastrophic collision of disease and conflict:WHO chief.
The risk of the Ebola epidemic is "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level," and the situation is not a "pandemic emergency," the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius was due to dock in Rotterdam on Monday morning for disinfection, with Dutch authorities preparing quarantine arrangements for the 25 crew members and two medical staff remaining on board.
An experimental gene therapy improved hearing in most patients with a rare form of congenital deafness, according to results from a China-led clinical study published in the journal Nature.
China has uploaded 349 million medical imaging data indexes to a national healthcare platform to enable hospitals to retrieve patient scans across provinces, according to the country's healthcare security authority.
A government-funded screening program is helping families in the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, identify potential health risks long before a child is born, or even conceived.
China has experienced a significant surge in intellectual property cases over the past five years, prompting judges to adopt a range of measures to strengthen protections for innovators and support high-quality development, officials from the Supreme People's Court said.
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