125 arrested in vaccine scandal

2016-05-21 02:39:26

Prosecuting authorities have approved the arrests of 125 people suspected in a vaccine scandal involving 570 million yuan ($87 million).

Just 25% of babies breastfed in China

2016-05-20 20:22:00

Only 25 percent of babies are breastfed exclusively until the age of six months in China, and the ratio in large cities is even lower, neonatology experts said on the National Breastfeeding Promotion Day, which fell on Friday.

Beijing hospital wins prize for AIDS treatment

2016-05-20 17:49:57

A top hospital in Beijing was awarded one of the most famous prizes in the field of HIV treatment and research on Thursday.

Obesity time bomb keeps ticking

2016-05-20 08:20:25

Improved living standards and increasingly sedentary lifestyles mean China has the most fat people in the world - and the problem is just beginning.

China to cut prices of expensive patent drugs

2016-05-20 17:37:38

China's health authority on Friday announced cuts of over 50 percent in the prices of three patent drugs.

Vaccine scandal: Authorities approve arrest of 125 suspects

2016-05-20 17:12:34

Prosecuting authorities in China approved the arrest of 125 people suspected of involvement in a vaccine scandal worth 570 million yuan ($88 million) on Thursday.

Across China: Power workers protect storks' high-voltage, high-risk home

2016-05-20 16:00:29

Power grid maintenance worker Hu Lin was more than a little surprised to find the nest of an oriental white stork, an endangered species and one of China's "most protected" on the top of a utility pole on his beat in rural Jiangxi Province.

73 fake colleges exposed

2016-05-20 13:14:00

More than 70 colleges have been named and shamed for illegal enrollment and online fraud by a website, said Beijing Youth Daily.

Ambitious thief has lofty 'career plan'

2016-05-20 09:56:25

Chongqing police, who recently arrested a thief in his apartment, were shocked by the thief's ambitious career plan on the wall. He even gave it a title: "Getting One Million Plan in 2015".

Case of man's death in police custody delivered to prosecutors in Beijing

2016-05-20 08:13:33

Beijing's top procuratorate said on Thursday that the case of a 29-year-old man who died after being taken into police custody earlier this month has been delivered to the prosecuting authority in Changping district, where the death occurred.