Medical news
Each update carries a summary written by WellCareChina with AI assistance, the source name, the date, and a link to the original.
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Foreign patients seek out China’s medical advances, Xinhua reports
Xinhua reported on 9 September 2026 that a 12-year-old patient from Russia received a domestically developed closed-loop spinal cord neural interface at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, and took assisted steps after three months of rehabilitation. The report cites National Health Commission figures of about 1.28 million visits […]
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China extends emergency heart-attack care to township clinics, Xinhua reports
Xinhua reported on 4 September 2026 that a 72-year-old man with an acute myocardial infarction received intravenous thrombolysis at a township health centre in Hefeng County, Hubei, one of 1,404 chest pain treatment units the province has set up over five years. The report cites provincial figures of nearly 3,000 thrombolysis procedures at 320 grassroots […]
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Beijing reports growth in drug trial capacity
The Beijing Municipal Health Commission said on 14 August 2026 that drug trials led by Beijing institutions rose from 583 in 2020, 19.1 percent of the national total, to 1,077 in 2025, or 27.4 percent, citing the Centre for Drug Evaluation’s annual report on drug registration trials in China. It also reported that Beijing institutions […]
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Shanghai’s 2026-2030 health plan backs international medical services and medical travel
Shanghai’s municipal government issued its health development plan for the 2026-2030 period on 31 July 2026. The plan calls for steadily advancing pilot international medical services and cultivating internationally competitive medical-travel brands, for cooperating with organisations including the World Health Organization, and for adjusting the programme that sends Chinese medical teams to Morocco. Its indicator […]
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Hainan tightens oversight of drugs imported for urgent clinical need
Hainan’s medical products administration issued a notice on 23 July 2026 on supervising medicines and devices imported for urgent clinical need into the Boao Lecheng pilot zone. Designated hospitals must keep full procurement, storage, use and follow-up records, obtain informed consent that sets out the product’s status and that no equivalent domestic product is available, […]
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PUMCH opens its International Medical Department to diplomats and businesses
Peking Union Medical College Hospital said its International Medical Department at the Dongdan campus held an open day on 17 July 2026 for about 30 guests from embassies, companies and media. The hospital’s account says the department has its own outpatient and inpatient facilities with private rooms and suites, day, evening, weekend and by-appointment clinics, […]
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First commercial brain-computer interface surgery performed at Shanghai’s Huashan Hospital
CGTN reported on 16 July 2026 that the first commercial brain-computer interface surgery in China using the Neural Electronic Opportunity (NEO) system was performed at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai. The report says the implant was certified as a Class III medical device on 13 March 2026, that the patient had a […]
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NIH-funded model links single-cell data to cancer survival
The US National Cancer Institute reported on 21 April 2026 that researchers it funds developed a machine-learning tool, scSurvival, which uses single-cell data to predict survival outcomes and to identify cell populations linked to higher risk. Oregon Health & Science University tested the tool on clinical data from more than 150 patients. The report describes […]
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China’s 2026 children’s vaccination day focuses on HPV, MMR and flu vaccines
A notice from China’s national disease control administration sets the 40th national children’s vaccination day for 25 April 2026 and names HPV, MMR and influenza vaccines as the focus of this year’s materials. It asks local disease control bodies to publicise vaccine law and routine immunisation, and to work with education, health and media organisations. […]
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NIH-funded study links chronic colitis to lasting changes in gut stem cells
The US National Cancer Institute reported on 25 March 2026 that researchers it funds found, in mice and organoid models, that chronic colitis leaves a lasting change in colonic stem cells that increases the activity of AP-1 transcription factors, and that colorectal tumours grew faster in mice that had recovered from colitis than in previously […]