TB Still Tops Death Toll For Infectious Disease - more details
<p><em >Highly infective -- in one year a single person can infect 15 others; even more frightening is that many TB sufferers still socialize</em></p> <p>04/08/08 -- Yesterday, the Jiangsu Province Department of Health pub...

Battle To Eradicate Rats Begins Next Week - more details
<p><em >7600 kg of rat poison waits for them to feed</em></p> <p>03/16/07 -- When winter is mild, rats reproduce quickly. The Nanjing City Patriotic Health Campaign Committee Office’s (PHCCO) most recent survey indicates...

Hospital Treats Two ‘Stone Maidens’ - more details
<p><em >One just born, another just married</em></p> <p>03/05/08 -- “It’s so unusual that we would see two ‘stone maidens’* in such a short time!” said a doctor from the Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Ho...

Battle To Eradicate Rats Begins Next Week - more details
<p><em >7600 kg of rat poison waits for them to feed</em></p> <p>3/16/07 -- When winter is mild, rats reproduce quickly. The Nanjing City Patriotic Health Campaign Committee Office’s (PHCCO) most recent survey indicates ...

Iranian President Issues an Order to Open Nuclear Facilities to Foreign Tourists - more details
<p>10/04/06 -- Tehran -- According an Iranian National Television Station report, the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued an order yesterday requiring related agencies to open the gates of Iran’s nuclear facilities, allowing foreign to...

Supreme People’s Court Assumes Sole Authority Over Death Penalty; a New Era of Fewer Killings Begins - more details
<p><em >"Life is most precious under heaven"</p> <p>The change gives new meaning to the old phrase: "Human life is matter of 'heavenly' concern." Now, the word "heaven" refers to the Supr...

Retirements with Bonuses - more details
<p>09/26/06 -- The Government increased the monthly bonus to be given to the workers that chose to keep working after completed 40 years of deductions, according to the agreement proposal about the Social Security reform, to which Lusa* had acces...

October 12: Department of State Spokesperson Answers Reporters’ Questions at Regular Press Conference - more details
<p>10/12/06 -- Q: State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan visited the United States yesterday. What was the purpose of this visit? What important officials accompanied him on the visit?</p> <p>A: State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan acted as Chairman Hu...