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China urges vigilance over swine flu
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009China hunted for train passengers Thursday who travelled with a man confirmed as the mainland's second swine flu patient, as state media urged citizens to be more responsible to help prevent an epidemic. The health ministry confirmed Wednesday that a 19-year-old student recently arrived from Canada had been diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus in east China's Shandong province, where he had trav ... more New Tissue Scaffold Regrows Cartilage And Bone 
Cambridge MA (SPX) May 13, 2009MIT engineers and colleagues have built a new tissue scaffold that can stimulate bone and cartilage growth when transplanted into the knees and other joints. The scaffold could offer a potential new treatment for sports injuries and other cartilage damage, such as arthritis, says Lorna Gibson, the Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and co-leader of the rese ... more Foreign media spar with authorities in China quake zone 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009As China marks the first anniversary of the devastating Sichuan quake, foreign reporters say they are being obstructed by authorities keen to keep a firm lid on any embarrassing coverage. Journalists trying to interview residents -- including parents of children who died when schools collapsed like packs of cards -- have been accosted and shooed away by officials in a series of incidents in ... more China's fleeing quake teacher says he made right move 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009A Chinese teacher who made headlines for leaving his students behind during last year's Sichuan earthquake said Tuesday he was at peace with his decision to flee and did not feel "much grief". Fan Meizhong, 37, also known as 'Running Fan', was fired from a school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake in the southwestern province of Sichuan, after he was berated for admitting online ... more China ups swine flu effort as global cases pass 5,000 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2009China ramped up efforts to contain swine flu and awaited confirmation Wednesday of a second suspected case on the mainland, as the number of infections worldwide soared past the 5,000 mark. State news agency Xinhua said a man was under treatment in eastern China's Shandong province where he had arrived by train after flying to Beijing from Canada. China has already isolated 349 people ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2009China's massive reconstruction effort after last year's earthquake helped offset the disaster's impact on the economy and has brought massive investment to a traditionally poor area, analysts say. Homes are being rebuilt and plants put back on line in a government-funded burst of activity in the southwestern province of Sichuan that has even meant some relief from the global financial crisis ... more Fresh questions on AIDS fight with new SAfrica minister 
Johannesburg (AFP) May 11, 2009New South African President Jacob Zuma tapped an obscure provincial politician to guide the nation through the world's worst HIV crisis, raising questions about the strength of the health ministry. Aaron Motsoaledi, a medical doctor currently serving as a provinicial education official, will take office as the new health minister Monday -- the second change in the post in less than a year. ... more Hope mixes with grief among China's quake survivors 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 11, 2009Gong Guilin lost both his legs in last year's massive Sichuan earthquake. Now he dreams of becoming a Paralympic tennis player. One year after the quake struck, hope is slowly returning to Gong's life, as it is for millions of other survivors, but for many the will to move on is mixed with a sense of indelible grief. "I like tennis best, but I play basketball and like riding the bike," ... more Quarantine ends at Hong Kong swine flu hotel 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 8, 2009More than 280 guests and staff forced to spend a week quarantined in their Hong Kong hotel over fears of swine flu finally tasted freedom when authorities released them on Friday. The Hong Kong government, with bitter experience of the deadly SARS virus in 2003, had sealed them inside their hotel last Friday after it emerged that a Mexican who tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus had stayed ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2009China Sunday announced the first suspected case of swine flu on the mainland -- a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had recently returned from the United States, state media reported. The 30-year-old had just arrived in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu after returning from the United States via Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Ministry of Health. ... more Japan confirms first three swine flu cases 
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2009A teacher and two students returning from North America have tested positive for swine flu in the first confirmed cases of the virus in Japan, the government said Saturday. Japanese authorities quarantined the 46-year-old man and 16-year-old boys, who had been on a high school trip to Canada, and 49 others who were aboard their flight as it arrived in Tokyo on Friday from the US city of Detr ... more 5,335 students dead, missing in Sichuan quake: China 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 7, 2009China said Thursday that last year's massive Sichuan earthquake left 5,335 schoolchildren dead or missing, releasing its first official tally just days before the anniversary of the disaster. The number of children killed in the May 12 quake is highly sensitive as many bereaved parents say school buildings were shoddily constructed and collapsed too easily when the quake struck, while struct ... more Students Design Low-Cost Surgical Lamp For Developing Nations 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 08, 2009Engineering students have developed a low-cost, battery-powered surgical lamp to be used in developing nations where electricity isn't reliable. Earlier this month, members of Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives, or M-HEAL, sent their prototype lamp to Uganda where it will undergo testing. "The power grid is very unreliable in developing countries," said Stephen DeWitt, co-found ... more
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