Bird Flu Virus-Direct Contact-Chinese City-Bus Driver-China

China says latest bird flu virus doesn't jump between humans

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The latest bird flu virus that killed a 39-year-old bus driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen over the weekend is not yet transmissible between humans, Chinese health authorities said. "The virus found in the patient was 90 percent similar to H5N1 viruses previously isolated in ducks in China, which suggested that the man was very likely to have been infected through direct contact with a bird," the Shenzhen Center for Disease Prevention and Control said in a statement. ... read more..

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Stem Cell Treatments-Clinical Trials-China

China stops unapproved stem cell treatments

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered a halt to all unapproved Stem Cell treatments and clinical trials, state media reported on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the largely untested stem cell therapies now on offer across the country. The Ministry of Health will stop accepting new applications for stem cell programs, a ban that will last until July and comes as China begins a one-year program to regulate the sector better, Xinhua cited a ministry spokesman as saying. ... read more..

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