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BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), a top-ranking cancer research institute and hospital in the United States, said it is looking forward to more cooperation in clinical trials and treatment with Chinese partners. Oliver Bogler, MDACC senior vice p ...

FREETOWN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sierra Leone is in a better position today than it was in the fight against Ebola virus, the new head of the United Nations' Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) said Friday. In his maiden press conference since he assumed office, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said " ...

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Province reported its third H7N9 human infection of this year on Wednesday, with health authorities warning that the province has entered a high-incidence period for bird flu. A 56-year-old man in the city of Zhaoqing was confirmed to be infected ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand and Australian scientists have observed DNA moving between animal cells in a breakthrough discovery that could lead to better understanding of a range of human diseases and new gene therapies. The team led by Professor Mike Berridge, of the independent Well ...

LONDON, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Oxford University doctors and scientists are starting the first safety trial of an experimental preventative Ebola vaccine, aiming to have vaccinated all 72 healthy adult volunteers by the end of January. According to a press release from the university on Tuesday, volunte ...

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities handled 6,833 cases of illegal fetus gender tests and abortions in roughly one year, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced on Monday. The NHFPC, Ministry of Public Security, together with other government departments, la ...

ACCRA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) said Friday that zero Ebola case is the only acceptable outcome. "We are engaged in a big battle with this disease," said Anthony Banbury at a press conference here. "It's an insidious, invasive disease that a ...

EDINBURGH, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A female healthcare worker on Monday was confirmed as having Ebola after returning to Glasgow in central Scotland from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, the Scottish government said. The patient was admitted to hospital early Monday morning after feeling unwell and was pla ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Adults with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, may have poorer hearing than those without HIV infection, a U.S. study said Friday. To determine if HIV and antiretroviral therapy are associated with hearing loss, Peter Torre III of San Diego State University, California, ...

FREETOWN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Imagine a Christmas without the singing of carols, but the hammering strains of sirens accompanying Ebola victims to either a treatment center or the cemetery. That is Christmas in the western area of Sierra Leone, including the capital, Freetown. Earlier in December, P ...

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 104 students in a primary school in south China's Guangdong Province have fallen ill with norovirus, local authorities confirmed on Friday. Grade one to three students of Qiming Primary School in Jiangmen city started feeling unwell about 4 p.m. Thursday, sa ...

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have recently issued a notice saying that it will severely punish businesses using poppy capsules as food additives after a series of scandals. The notice, jointly issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the Food and Drug Administration, and State ...

LONDON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus are safe, and they have generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults, according to the latest findings. The findings, from the first trial of Ebola vaccine in Africa, are published in the British medica ...

FREETOWN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon on Friday assured the government and people of Sierra Leone of the UN commitment in helping Sierra Leone's fight against the Ebola disease. Addressing a press conference during his assessment visit to get a first hand knowledge of t ...

NAIROBI, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) have started the human testing of a vaccine designed to protect against Ebola virus, the country's research institution said on Thursday. A statement from KEMRI said its experts at Wellcome Trust Research Progra ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- An international team of researchers said Thursday they have uncovered for the first time how obesity increases the risk of high blood pressure. In a study published in the U.S. journal Cell, a group led by Professor Michael Cowley of the Monash University in Australia ...

LONDON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The magnetic fields created by mobile phones and power lines are "likely to be safe" to human health, according to research from the University of Manchester, it was reported Wednesday. Several past studies have suggested that the magnetic fields created by phones, high-v ...

LONDON, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A British study has found the possibility to detect breast cancer at an early stage by monitoring the level of zinc in human bodies in simple blood tests. A research team led by Oxford University scientists used techniques for analysing trace metal isotopes in climate chan ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- An international team of researchers said Thursday they have uncovered for the first time how obesity increases the risk of high blood pressure. In a study published in the U.S. journal Cell, a group led by Professor Michael Cowley of the Monash University in Australia ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Health ministers from the BRICS group signed an agreement Friday to establish a joint strategy to fight tuberculosis. The ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have agreed to boost the distribution of anti-tuberculosis medicine among affected ...

MONROVIA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Africa Union-backed 76-member Nigerian medical contingent, comprising nurses and doctors, has arrived in Liberia as part of the response to Ebola Virus Disease eradication in the country. The Nigerian medical team, which arrived in the country on Friday, was welcomed ...

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 ...

LONDON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Excess body weight causes around 481,000 new cancer cases a year in adults worldwide, according to new estimates published Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet Oncology. Using data from a number of sources including the Globocan database of cancer for 184 coun ...

LISBON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese researchers have claimed that they have developed a new method to diagnose stomach cancer by using 2D images. The researchers' method, which was tested on a tumor suppression protein called e-cadherin, uses images to detect the amount and location of protein in ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lao authorities are working to boost preparedness measures to detect and prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country, state-run media Vientiane Times reported Thursday. No cases of the contagion, which emerged in West Africa, have been identified in Laos or th ...