China passes law to curb abuse of mental hospitals
Associated Press via Yahoo! News Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT
China's legislature on Friday passed a long-awaited mental health law that aims to prevent people from being involuntarily held and unnecessarily treated in psychiatric facilities รข€" abuses that have been used against government critics and triggered public outrage. |
India's infant mortality rate drops
IANS via Yahoo! Maktoob News Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:34 AM PDT
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) India's infant mortality rate (IMR) has come down by three points from 47 to 44 deaths per 1,000 live births during 2011, the health ministry said Friday. |
France halts sale of Novartis flu vaccine
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:33 AM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Friday it was halting sales of an anti-influenza vaccine manufactured by Swiss drugmaker Novartis as a precautionary measure after potential impurities were found in batches of the drug in Italy and Switzerland. Health Minister Marisol Touraine said she had asked for all doses of Agrippal to be withdrawn from the market pending a decision by the European ... |
Top China official urges residency permit reform
Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:54 AM PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top security official called on Friday for the government to relax the controversial residency permit, or hukou, system to ensure the army of migrant workers can enjoy better services like health care and housing. The 230 million-strong migrant workforce drives China's economy, but a lack of access to education, health and other services tied to the country's strict ... |
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