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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Wednesday called for more efforts in the last phases of the fight against Ebola to bring the number of cases down to zero.The UN Special Envoy on Ebola David Nabarro told the General Assembly at a meeting that the final phase of "getting to z ...

1.Much joy to you in the upcoming year.愿您在新的一年充满快乐。 2.Thank you for all you have done for us. 感谢您为我们所做的一切。 3.We'll be here after the New Year. 新年过后，我们会再回来。 4.We won't forget you this holiday season. 假期里，我们不会忘记您的。 5.Thank you for your hard work ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers on Wednesday announced "a remarkable new advance" in the development of a potent drug to protect against infection of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the deadly disease currently without cure. They reported in the British journal Nature that an exper ...

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Swedish researchers said on Friday a new Alzheimer's therapy in which patients receive an implant that stimulates the growth of a certain type of nerve cell has shown positive results. The results, published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia, suggest that the int ...

HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Another 15 people have died of severe flu, bringing the death toll this year to 196, said Hong Kong health officials on Saturday afternoon. The Center for Health Protection said 16 new cases have been reported from Friday noon to Saturday noon among which 15 patients d ...

RIYADH, Feb. 8, (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia warned that the following three weeks could see a rise in the number of reported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS) corona virus cases, Al Eqtisadiya newspaper reported on Sunday. The possible increase was attributed to the changing and cold weather in th ...

LISBON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese government has agreed to treat up to 13,000 people infected with hepatitis C in the next three years, Portuguese Minister of Health Paulo Macedo said on Friday. "We will be able to treat more sufferers in a fairer way. We will open way to initiate the eradic ...

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's drug watchdog has ordered the recall of 21,700 bottles of injections produced by the Shandong Qidu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd for quality problems. The Levofloxacin Hydrochloride and Sodium Chloride injections were found to contain "impurities similar to furs," Xinhu ...

GENEVA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday updated its clinical practices for treating and caring for Ebola patients. The move came after WHO convened a meeting to update its current clinical standards for hemorrhagic fevers. Technicians involved in the care of patients ...

WELLINGTON, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Planting trees in public places could lead to a healthier society, according to a New Zealand study out Thursday. The University of Canterbury research analyzed the activities of 12,500 New Zealanders and found people living near parks and green spaces were less likely ...

GENEVA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- High-level officials from the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday appealed for more money to help end the Ebola outbreaks as the newly reported cases surged in West Africa last week. "The international community has been incredibly gener ...

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The number of H7N9 human cases in south China's Guangdong Province reached 30 since the start of the year with two more cases reported, local health authorities said Saturday. A 48-year-old man from Jieyang City died on Thursday and was later confirmed infected of the ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- An extractant of traditional Chinese medicine plants could help fight the symptoms of obesity and type 2 diabetes, a New Zealand-led international study has found. The scientists found that an antioxidant might reverse inflammation in the brain caused by a high-fat di ...

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A man that was suffering from the H5N6-strain of avian flu has been discharged from hospital, health authorities in south China's Guangdong Province said on Friday. After over a month in hospital, the man has shown stable signs of improvement, said Zhong Nanshan, direc ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Stroke survivors might soon be able to go online to find a system to help improve their memories with virtual reality technology developed by New Zealand scientists. Improving prospective memory -- the ability to remember to perform actions in the future -- was crucia ...

WINDHOEK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Although Ebola virus has been contained in some affected African countries, Air Namibia is counting its losses which are said to be at 50 million Namibian dollars (about 5 million U.S dollars). The airline's acting chief executive officer Rene Gsponer said last week tha ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Couples are more likely to quit smoking, exercise more or lose weight if they take up these healthy habits together, a new study suggested Monday. Researchers at the University College London in Britain looked at 3,722 couples, either married or living together and ov ...

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Guangdong Province in south China on Sunday reported two patients infected with H7N9 bird flu, one of whom has recovered. Among the two confirmed cases is a 66-year-old man surnamed Chen, a resident of Shenzhen City, which borders Hong Kong. He is in a hospital in crit ...

FUZHOU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two patients infected with the H7N9-strain of avian flu have died in east China's Fujian Province, the local health and family planning commission said on Friday. In total, 15 cases have been confirmed in the province since the beginning of the year, according to the comm ...

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and international scientists have for the first time identified the three gene loci susceptible to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), according to a statement from the Chinese PLA General Hospital on Wednesday. The scientists used the method of genome-wide ...

TOKYO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japanese researchers have found that higher total intake of fruit and vegetable (FV) was significantly associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in Japan, according to an article published Wednesday on the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it had approved the first device to treat obesity by targeting nerves between the brain and the stomach. The device, known as the Maestro Rechargeable System, is approved to treat patients aged 18 and older who have ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have uncovered six new gene variations that increase a woman's risk of ovarian cancer and the finding will help doctors better diagnose its cause. The QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, together with the University of Cambridge, studied more ...

SKOPJE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pregnant women in Macedonia will be given folic acid and iodine tablets for free from March, a move that aimed at reducing the risk of health disorders of the infant, local media reported. Macedonia's ministry of health plans to put aside 12 million denars (230,000 U.S. d ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Australian forensic experts are setting up a "body farm", which will be used for the first time in Australia to allow them to study decomposing human bodies. The facility, which has been used in the United States for decades, will be established in a secret location on th ...