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[Photo: Xu Jun, Xinhua] The idea of seeing a family doctor is still a new thing for many Chinese. But that may soon be different. As a pioneering project, southwestern Sichuan province provides family doctor services to more than 32 million of its ci

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

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By Delia Robertson A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies. Tens of thousands of civil service

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1. The White House says the US is fully prepared to defend its allies in the region as communist North Korea continues to threaten South Korea with bellicose rhetoric. Pyongyang has warned Seoul that their shared peninsula has entered a state of war.

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By Jennifer Glasse London 24 September 2009 A sign seen, at the entrance to St Thomas' Hospital, part of the National Health Service, in London, 14 Aug 2009 As the United States debates health-care reform, VOA is looking at health-care services arou

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The Gulf oil spill could lead to some serious public health problems, according to a new report released this week. As the environmental and economic disaster continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: As shootings and homicides continue to devastate some Chicago neighborhoods, advocates are advising people to treat it as a public health crisis. Other cities like New York have embraced this model and say it's helped reduce gun vi

Amazon web-services partially recover

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (Xinhua) - Amazon's web-services disruption issues have not been completely resolved Friday morning, as some websites still in slow recovery. Amazon said in an update early Friday that meaningful progress has been made and is

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KATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ban on smoking in public places will be enforced from Sunday with the Tobacco Control and Regulatory Act-2010 coming into effect. Those smoking in public places will be fined and civil servants will be liable to departme

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The Beijing municipal government will spend 100 million yuan or nearly 15 million US dollars on the purchase of social service projects. It aims to meet various needs of the public and boost the development of social organizations. Chen Zhe has the s

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Party leader, Hu Jintao, has called for the government to improve its service to the people. He says a fair, capable and sustainable public service will help build a harmonious society. Hu Jintao says the ultimate goal of building a service-oriented

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The report says that the medical services system at the grassroots levels has been improved. People living in urban and rural areas can enjoy 41 free basic health services. However, current services can not meet the demand of people in need. The medi

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穷朋友越多越幸福 Can money buy happiness? Yes， claim the authors of a new study but only up to a point． Psychology has shown that richer people generally rank the overall quality of their lives morefavorably than poorer people do． At th

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GENEVA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Health Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met here on Tuesday, to prepare for the BRICS Health Ministerial Meeting which is to be held in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The preparatory discussion was co

Ethiopia to host 13th World Congress on Public Health

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia will host the 13th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH) in April 2012, the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) said on Wednesday. The meeting will be held on April 23-27 under the theme: Moving toward

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Today, Christchurch held a memorial service to remember those who died following the earthquake on February 22nd. It was a public holiday for Canterbury so that many people could attend. The service was held outdoors in Hagley Park at midday and thou