China has begun testing a new AIDS vaccine on 49 volunteers between ages 18 and 50, state media reported. China estimates it has 840,000 HIV carriers, but foreign experts say actual figures are much higher and caution that China could have 10m HIV cases by 2010 unless it does more.
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Here comes 2002
Economic view/ From Bank of America’s Situation Room, A prediction of a slowdown back to earlier growth levels
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China announces bird flu vaccine
Chinese scientists announced they had developed a new vaccine for poultry and mammals to prevent the spread of bird flu, state media reported. The new vaccine is reported to protect chickens for at least 10 months, four months longer than existing drugs. The announcement comes amid a new outbreak of the disease, mostly in Vietnam, […]
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Emergency orders to battle meningitis
Chinese health officials issued emergency orders to try to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has to date killed at least 16 people and infected more than 250. Local authorities have been ordered to report cases promptly, maintain high standards of cleanliness in public spaces and prepare sufficient vaccines. Eight of the recent deaths occurred […]
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Vaccine could be used if SARS returns
Chinese scientists developing a vaccine for the deadly SARS virus said the vaccine had reached a sufficient stage of development to be ready for emergency deployment to protect high-risk individuals if there was another outbreak this spring, the China Daily reported. Yin Weiping, managing director of vaccine-maker Sinovac Biotech Co Ltd, said the vaccine had […]