Earlier this week Staph-Infection.Org reported that a Chinese man had died of bird flu. It has now been discovered that the man’s father is also sick with bird flu. He came down with a fever, that was later reported to be the notorious H5N1 strain of bird flu.
This brings China’s total to 27 human infections. […]
China has been interested in creating an AIDS vaccine for 16 years. The country didn’t own intellectual property rights to the vaccine until 2006. This is the second vaccine that the country has entered into phase one testing. The first phase of testing focuses on safety.
It has been given to 36 volunteers. I can’t […]
During a press conference Health Minister Chen Zhu announced that China estimates nearly 700,000 will be infected with HIV or aids by the end of the year. This is an increase of 50,000 compared to the end of last year.
According to VOA News 45 percent of the infections will come from heterosexual transmission, […]
China Foundation for Hepatitis Prevention and Control says that nearly 38 million Chinese are carrying the hepatitis C virus. With so many people infected one might figure everyone in China is well educated about the virus. Thats not the case, 1% of people who answered a survey knew how Hepatitis C spreads and how to […]
