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China's Baidu search draws unusually loud outcry after student's death

Sponsored results in China’s dominant search engine can be hard to distinguish, users say

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Spoon Business Reviews|Baidu's“moral dilemma”—How a cancer case aroused national attention

After a glorious financial quarter and the stock price up from its trough in February, Baidu faced perhaps the strongest public scrutiny ever, due to a cancer death case of a college student, Wei Zexi, who was treated in a privately contracted hospital (public in name) recommended by Baidu.

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Peak flu season to make HK hospital crisis worse:overcapacity, overworked doctors

Hong Kong’s public hospitals have been stretched to breaking point by a surge in the number of patients seeking treatment for flu and chronic diseases during persistent cold weather.

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China's rural residents enjoy better healthcare

China's local medical services have improved markedly following a nationwide campaign that began in 2009.

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For Shanghai's high-net-worth individuals, health beats wealth

High networth individuals in Shanghai, particularly middle-aged ones, have a new motto: health is greater than wealth. They are actively planning for a post-retirement, health scare-free life.

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China's medical insurance merger approved for urban, rural equality

​Senior Chinese officials have approved a document to merge China's two medical insurance schemes for urban and rural residents in a bid to guarantee equal access to basic healthcare.

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Hong Kong doctors urged to use new trade deal to cash in on two-child policy

Beijing's two-child policy and latest trade pact will create openings across the border, but red tape is just one of the pitfalls for medics eyeing a move

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Desperation, money drive patients abroad

​Among the excited shopaholics and selfie-takers among China's outbound travelers is another group - more serious and usually carrying their medical records.

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1,000 students drop out due to poor command of the language

Poor command of English has put paid to the ambition for some 1,000 medical graduates to become doctors despite having completed a two-year housemanship in public hospitals.

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Chinese vice premier visits people injured in Tianjin blasts

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong has promised best medical treatment for people injured in massive warehouse explosions in Tianjin and wished them early recovery during her visit to hospitals on late Thursday night.

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Chinese acupuncture helps treat more Togolese patients

​The training provided by successive Chinese professionals from 2003 to 2009 has been sufficient to transform Tsevi Kodjo Noel, a 38-year-old local assistant, into an acupuncture professional in Togo.

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Mainland delivers medical assistance for Taiwan blaze victims

The first shipment of medical supplies to treat the victims of the Taiwan water park blaze left Beijing by air Tuesday.

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Chinese medical workers enter Nepal to aid epidemic control

A group of medical workers from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has arrived in neighboring Nepal to help prevent disease outbreaks in border areas following a catastrophic earthquake that claimed over 7,000 lives.

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Myanmar defense chief stresses cooperation of ASEAN medical corps

​Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defense Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing has stressed the need for cooperation of medical corps of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during natural disaster, official media reported Thursday.

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Chinese presence in Nepal's earthquake rescue operations

As the Nepalese people grapple with an intensive rescue effort in the aftermath of Saturday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake, hundreds of Chinese are working side by side with them.