Tag: china
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China says vaccine scandal suspect free to re-offend
The person at the center of an illegal vaccine scandal in China had been sentenced for similar crimes but was allowed to re-offend after being given a suspended sentence, the drug watchdog said on Thursday. The vaccines, including ones against meningitis, rabies and other illnesses, are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around…
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Drug resistance adds to India’s tuberculosis menace
After three years of battling tuberculosis, a disease that claimed the lives of his father and younger brother, Sonu Verma, a patient in northern India, hopes a cure for his illness may be within reach. “Only a few more months and my nightmare will end… it will be my rebirth, free from tuberculosis,” the 25-year-old…
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Bhutan tackles violence against women for ‘refusing sex, burning the dinner’
By Saraswati Sundas THIMPHU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter. “I want my daughter to have a good life.” But without drastic changes in attitudes toward women in the tiny Himalayan nation…
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Illicit drugs? How Brexit risks legal limbo for medicines
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A British vote to leave the European Union would threaten some prescription medicines with regulatory limbo, posing a legal headache for drugmakers, according to lawyers and industry officials. The highly regulated pharmaceutical sector has more at stake than most from a so-called Brexit, prompting top manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca…
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Eating Seasonally Can Help Save The Planet And Your Wallet
by Drew B. James, Teen VogueCourtesy of CNP Montrose’Tis the season to be less frozen, so let’s warm up to some delicious foods that are coming in fresh this spring. According to the Cleveland Clinic, in-season produce generally has “more vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants than foods harvested before they’re ripe and then shipped long…
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Michigan outlines Flint recovery plan
Michigan's government on Monday released goals to help the city of Flint recover from a health crisis caused by the lead contamination of its drinking water. The plan, involving several state agencies, is meant to address water infrastructure shortcomings and the health of children who have tested for high lead levels in their blood, expand…
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China suspends Ali Health-run online drug monitoring platform
China’s food and drugs regulatory body said it had suspended its electronic drug monitoring system, a platform operated by Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd, while it drafts amendments to regulations monitoring pharmaceutical sales. The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) said it will seek comments until March 23 on changes to the way pharmaceutical products…
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China suspends Ali Health-run online drug monitoring platform
China’s food and drugs regulatory body said it had suspended its electronic drug monitoring system, a platform operated by Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd, while it drafts amendments to regulations monitoring pharmaceutical sales. The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) said it will seek comments until March 23 on changes to the way pharmaceutical products…
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Nestle Asia works to restore India revenue after noodle ban: paper
The head of Nestle's Asian business is hoping to restore revenue in India within three years to levels preceding the recall of its Maggi instant noodles from the market last year over a health scare, newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported. India banned Nestle's Maggi instant noodles after local regulators in May said they found unsafe…
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Black market hormones one of many hurdles for Thai transgenders
Chalit Pongpitakwiset has always felt like a man. Several days after receiving his first testosterone injection, Chalit returned to get a blood test at Tangerine, the new clinic inside a Red Cross centre in downtown Bangkok. The centre is a pilot programme that organisers hope could be replicated across Asia.