Experts hail milestone for potential benefits in precision medicine, especially among Han, the largest ethnic group in the world.

The concerned mother of a 20-year-old woman in China who was wearing herself out working long hours gave her daughter the money, told her to take a break and not to worry.

A man in China is trying to divorce his extremely ill wife, with whom he has a child, because he wants to be a father again but she is not able to give birth due to her illness.

A woman in China believed that the combined traditional therapies of bloodletting and cupping would improve her health, instead left her dangerously ill and in need of emergency medical treatment.

A surgeon in China, who was performing an operation on a 17-month-old boy who had nuts lodged in his lungs, was so focused on keeping the child alive that he disregarded to blow air into the baby’s lungs and collapsed as a result.

An irresponsible husband in China has been lambasted on mainland social media after he left his five-month pregnant wife at home alone to go out drinking with his friends.

A distraught single father is grieving after the death of his only child whose life he desperately tried to save by donating a section of his liver to her.

US-based GenBank sequence database says nucleotide sequence present in sample submitted by Jiangsu hospital has never been seen before.

A mother in China has complained that her flu-suffering son’s school had “deprived him of his right to education” because a teacher separated him from his classmates.

An eye doctor in China has been suspended from his position – and sparked public fury – after fresh details emerged online about an incident in which he punched an 82-year-old patient in the head mid-surgery because she was “moving about” too much.

Intranasal hydrogel shows promise in neutralising airborne viruses responsible for various respiratory infections.

Readers discuss the role education plays in changing wasteful habits, supporting Hong Kong’s many counselling hotlines, and concern over China’s latest outbreak of respiratory illness.

Phase 2 clinical trial of sunvozertinib shows 61 per cent anti-tumour activity response, higher than any previous candidates, according to paper in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Latest monitoring results show the numbers of people, mostly children, needing treatment nationally is on a downward trend.

Authorities in some of the country’s biggest provinces appeal for donations as stocks start to run short.

Consumer Council finds excessive amounts of plasticisers in four out of 35 sesame products tested, including one 79 times recommended level.

Researchers say nanotechnology-based implant can deliver slow and steady release of the element for up to a week.

No new or unusual pathogens detected and long-standing treatment methods available, authorities say.

Experts says respiratory illness cases linked to bacteria have risen, with one noting public hospitals had seen ‘more than 100 cases every month from September onwards.

In order to cope with a nationwide outbreak of respiratory diseases, hospitals in China are setting up special “homework zones” for sick children, sparking a fierce discussion on mainland social media.

HutchMed is poised to market its self-developed cancer drug ‘fruquintinib’ in Japan and Europe, after partner Takeda receives approval to market the drug in the US to treat metastatic colorectal cancer.

The story of an undergraduate student in China who died after a marathon live-stream gaming internship and whose family were offered just US$700 in compensation has sparked outrage on mainland social media.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria mainly sickening five-14 age group, with the rest mostly affected by different types of viruses, disease control expert says, as schools, childcare institutions and nursing homes are urged to adopt epidemic prevention and control measures.

WHO had asked for more information on ‘undiagnosed pneumonia’ among children in Beijing and the northeastern province of Liaoning.