Assurance from National Health Commission comes amid fears of surging respiratory illness, with disease expert citing slowing trend.

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Health literacy level among Chinese people rose 2.17 percentage points year on year to 31.87 percent in 2024, reflecting the country's ongoing efforts to promote public health awareness and equip people with essential health-related knowledge.

This means that Chinese people have achieved the target level of health literacy that was set in the outline of Healthy China 2030 ahead of schedule. The Healthy China 2030 blueprint stipulates that this level should reach 30 percent by 2030.

BEIJING – The rate of infections with ... during a press briefing by China’s National Health Commission. Wang added that the increase in recent years in the number of cases of the virus ...

Wang Liping, left, researcher for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention speaks during a press briefing by the National Health Commission ... in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.

The Rate of HMPV Infections in Northern China Is Declining, Chinese Health Official Says BEIJING (AP ... a press briefing by China’s National Health Commission. Wang added that the increase ...

Like tens of thousands of content creators who make their living through social media, local creators are in jeopardy of losing their most successful platform if the U.S. government follows through on its ban of the app.

BEIJING -- China is intensifying efforts to build birth-friendly hospitals nationwide, aiming to deliver higher-quality maternity services, streamline diagnosis and treatment procedures, and create a more welcoming environment for mothers and their newborns.

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China is experiencing a relatively high rate of influenza, though it is lower than the same period last year and is expected to decrease, according to the National Health Commission on Sunday.

BEIJING, Jan 12 (APP): There’s no new infectious disease ... an official from China’s National Health Commission (NHC), at the conference. In recent days, some foreign media have reported a spike in HMPV cases in China, alleging that it has overwhelmed ...