China’s tougher vaccine rules ‘welcome’, complex to implement: WHO

China’s proposals to impose tougher rules over its vaccine market will help stamp out illegal behavior and strengthen oversight, but will be “complex” to implement, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday. The State Council, China’s cabinet, said on Wednesday it would tighten supervision of vaccine distribution, with better record keeping for the production, storing and transport of vaccines and tougher punishments for lawbreakers. The move comes in the wake of a case involving millions of illegal trades of vaccines through a black market drugs ring, which ignited public ire and underscored regulatory weaknesses in the world’s second largest pharmaceuticals market.
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Slovak PM Fico in hospital with chest pain, cancels Czech visit

Slovakia's Prime Minister and leader of Smer party Robert Fico answers questions after a live broadcast of a debate after the country's parliamentary election, in BratislavSlovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was admitted to hospital for an unscheduled heart examination after he felt chest pain on Thursday and he has canceled a visit to the Czech Republic, his spokeswoman said. Fico had canceled an appearance at a court hearing on Tuesday for health reasons, though he attended a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and presented the cabinet&;s agenda afterwards without any visible health problems. "The prime minister is undergoing medical examinations at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases," spokeswoman Beatrice Szaboova said.

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Does Women’s Health Have Value?

Imagine a society where the National Institute for Health devotes approximately 12.6% of its budget to study women’s health. Or, where the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations does not address the question of sex in clinical trials; there is no formal requirement that women make up a significant portion of a trial’s patient population or even…
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Hiroshima survivors look to Obama visit for disarmament, not apology

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Chicago Law School in ChicagoBy Kiyoshi Takenaka HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Japanese city hit by an American nuclear attack 71 years ago, survivors and other residents said. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said during a visit to the city on Monday that Obama wanted to travel there, though he did not know if the president&;s schedule would allow him to when he visits Japan for a Group of Seven summit in May. No incumbent U.S. president has ever visited Hiroshima. A presidential apology would be controversial in the United States, where a majority view the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and of the city of Nagasaki three days later, as justified to end the war and save U.S lives.

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