China SARS Vaccine Passes First Hurdle - State Media
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Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media reported on Monday, raising hopes for prevention of a virus that killed some 800 people since it emerged in 2002.
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Medical teams have for the first time in months been granted access to areas of Afghanistan under Taliban sway to administer polio vaccines to children, the World Health Organisation said Sunday.
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Scientists have made important progress in their quest for a malaria vaccine, showing for the first time that childhood shots can prevent nearly one-third of cases and reduce the risk of severe, life-threatening attacks by almost two-thirds.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China are working on an AIDS vaccine to protect against three variants of HIV sweeping across south and west China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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China&#39;s top legislature on Saturday passed the revised version of Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, which requires that the government guarantee funds for infectious disease prevention.
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THE government on Monday inaugurated a new health facility to combat communicable diseases, including severe acute respiratory synÂ­drome (SARS), which killed hundreds of people around Asia last year, the Department of Health said.
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China has approved human testing of a domestically developed Aids vaccine and pledged to speed up approvals of new drugs to fight the disease.
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BEIJING, Sept. 18 -- China scrambled to respond Tuesday to an outbreak of bird flu among ducks in the southern city of Guangzhou. But as officials sought to reassure the public, there were signs that China was reluctant to release details about a possible health threat.
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China for the first time introduces laws specifically targeting the spread of Aids, state media says.
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The Chinese government announced in Beijing on December 5 that the world&#39;s first vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) emerged from the phase-one clinical test as both safe and effective.
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Scientists say they are closer to developing a vaccine against a winter vomiting virus.
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China's lawmakers have addressed the AIDS threat directly for the first time ever in a sign the government hopes to curb the disease before it becomes an epidemic.
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For the first time, a vaccine in a clinical trial has convincingly shielded children in Africa from contracting malaria. Researchers hope the results will pave the way for routine jabs in countries stricken
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Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a vaccine against a highly contagious virus that causes outbreaks of winter vomiting.
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China, reeling from a series of health scandals, on Friday told food and drug companies to put safety first and urged the media to paint a rosier picture as the government scrambled to quell public alarm.
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THE first US vaccine against SARS, which swept parts of Asia and around the world last year, is ready to be tested in human volunteers, government researchers said today.
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China has shared human bird flu samples for the first time in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly H5N1 virus and develop vaccines, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.