Predicted spike in infections post-Spring Festival not seen at medical institutions Senior doctor Feng Ke (right), talks to a patient's relative at the emergency department of the Central Hospital of Ningxia Medical University in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Tuesday. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) It is common for Chinese people to hope for […]
Authorities urge simultaneous handling of COVID, existing diseases to lower risks Patients receive treatment at the emergency department at Gansu Province Central Hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on Monday. (PEI QIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY) Doctors have been simultaneously treating patients for COVID-19 infections and existing health conditions to minimize the risks of complications, according […]
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today the presentation of research across various types of gastrointestinal cancers during the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (#GI23), which is taking place in-person in San Francisco, California and virtually from January 19-21. Notable data include […]
A medical volunteer team, composed of a medical university professor and his postgraduate students, test a rural resident's blood oxygen saturation level in Chenzhou, Hunan province, last week. They also delivered health kit packages to those living in remote areas. (CAO ZHENGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY) Local governments must make sure medications and antigen test […]
A medical volunteer team, composed of a medical university professor and his postgraduate students, test a rural resident's blood oxygen saturation level in Chenzhou, Hunan province, last week. They also delivered health kit packages to those living in remote areas. (CAO ZHENGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY) Local governments must make sure medications and antigen test […]
Latest diagnosis, care protocol aimed at ensuring improved warning standards An employee of a medical enterprise works on the production line of oxygen concentrators in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Jan 5, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) With the management of COVID-19 downgraded from Class A to B, the focus of epidemic control has changed from […]
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that under the Accelerated Approval Pathway the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lecanemab-irmb (Brand Name in the U.S.: LEQEMBI) 100 mg/mL injection for intravenous use, a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 (IgG1) […]
Health workers prescribe medicine on Sunday at a fever clinic converted from a nucleic acid testing center in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) CHANGSHA — Hou Luobo, 27, became a rural doctor in Youxian County, central China's Hunan Province, in October 2019. About two months later, unprecedented challenges posed by a new […]
Senior health official calls for increased coordination among medical facilities A medical worker registers a patient at a community fever clinic in Shanghai on Sunday. Community fever clinics are being used to relieve pressure on major hospitals. (YIN LIQIN / CHINA NEWS SERVICE) Hospitals should make use of all medical resources available to cope with […]
Medical workers run intravenous drips for patients at the fever clinic of China-Japan Friendship hospital in Beijing on Dec 27, 2022. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY) BEIJING – As multiple regions in China are hit with surging COVID-19 infections, local hospitals are going all out to offer timely treatment, particularly for severe cases. Many hospitals […]
An elderly resident receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at home during a medical service for senior citizens in Dongcheng District of Beijing, May 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Unlike the ordeal at the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic three years ago, Wuhan resident Huang Jianmei was not in a state of panic […]
Health workers work at a testing station in Shibei District of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, Oct 14, 2020 (PHOTO / XINHUA) The focus of COVID-19 control measures has shifted to intervention in potentially severe cases as the milder Omicron variant spreads more widely, experts said. Medical workers and health authorities in many Chinese cities […]
An elderly woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a community in Beijing's Haidian district. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 2,270 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday. Altogether 8,327 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. A total of 4,506 COVID-19 patients were discharged from […]
Documents detail rules for quarantine, roles of neighborhoods and hospitals Travelers enter a terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport to take flights on Thursday as some restrictions for travel were eased. (CUI JUN / FOR CHINA DAILY) Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at […]
Medical workers from Nanfang Hospital collect samples for nucleic acid tests in Liwan district of Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 27, 2021. (DENG HUA/XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese government on Thursday released a guideline on home treatment for asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 cases. According to the guideline, COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or exhibit […]
This undated file photo shows a medical worker taking a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid testing in Chongqing. (PHOTO / XINHUA) CHONGQING – Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan has asked local authorities of southwest China's Chongqing municipality to try their best to contain the COVID-19 outbreak and return people's life and work to […]
TOKYO, Nov 24, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the company will have a total of 34 poster presentations, including the latest data on its in-house discovered and developed anti-epileptic agent (AED) perampanel (product name: Fycompa) at the 76th American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting (AES 2022), to be […]
Health workers collect swab samples at a COVID-19 nucleic testing site in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan province, July 31, 2021. (CHEN ZEGUO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 2,204 locally transmitted, confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday. Altogether 22,011 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. A […]
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community testing site for COVID-19 in Yunyan district of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, Sept 5, 2022. (YANG WENBIN / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 2,055 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission […]
In this undated photo, a medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid testing in Chongqing. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 2,276 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Friday. Altogether 22,853 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. The total number of […]
