Tag: Current Affairs

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What should we do when Ebola strikes?

According to Phoenix Satellite TV, a woman who returned to Hong Kong from an earlier visit to Kenya, Africa, developed fever, dizziness and vomiting after returning to Hong Kong on Monday. She was treated in isolation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and is currently in stable condition. First, is what Ebola virus? The information given on the WHO website is as follows: 1. Ebola virus disease (EVD; Formerly known as Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever) is a serious and often fatal human disease. 2. The case fatality rate of the Ebola virus disease epidemic is as high as 90%. 3. The Ebola virus disease outbreak is predominantly occurring in remote villages close to tropical rain forests in Central and West Africa. 4. Read More …

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Regret medicine and Jueqing pill are all lies.

Recently, some media revealed that some businesses are selling a variety of products on the Internet, such as “regret medicine”, “Jueqing pill” and “forget water”. The labels of such products are marked with functions, indications, usage and dosage, etc. Although they are marked as “medicine”, they claim to be actually candy, and most of them do not indicate relevant information such as manufacturers. After investigation, such products were produced without the approval of any department. Most labels are not standardized, Or mark a false manufacturer or production license number, Some are even [three noes] products, Some claim disease treatment functions, Suspected of passing off non-drugs as drugs, Such acts violate relevant laws and regulations and social public order and good Read More …

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Food and Drug Administration Reminds Consumers Not to Buy Yang-strengthening Health Products

On September 26, 2014, the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration issued a notice reminding consumers not to buy health food claiming aphrodisiac function. The full text is as follows: Recently, media reports said that Since 2013, the number of cases of producing and selling health food with toxic and harmful ingredients claiming aphrodisiac function has risen sharply. Most of the sales locations are rented houses, small shops and adult stores. Illegal vendors have taken advantage of the psychology that some consumers are ashamed to see a doctor, covet cheap prices and are ashamed to report cases after being victimized, and have taken risks to sell aphrodisiac products to seek illegal benefits. Here, China Food and Drug Administration reminds Read More …

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Boca, not Ebola

Recently, there have been media reports: Shenzhen Airport Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has detected a Bocavirus patient among flight incoming personnel from Bangkok, Thailand. This is the first case of the virus detected at Shenzhen Airport. Boca virus, This is a name that is unfamiliar to medical professionals. As a result, many people look at the text and associate the virus with the Ebola virus that is raging in Africa and has spread to the United States and Europe. But in fact, the difference between Boca virus and Ebola virus is as big as the difference between Audi and Altman. Apart from the similar names, the two are quite different in terms of disease, mortality and transmission routes. Past lives Read More …

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Regret medicine and Jueqing pill are all lies.

Recently, some media revealed that some businesses are selling a variety of products on the Internet, such as “regret medicine”, “Jueqing pill” and “forget water”. The labels of such products are marked with functions, indications, usage and dosage, etc. Although they are marked as “medicine”, they claim to be actually candy, and most of them do not indicate relevant information such as manufacturers. After investigation, such products were produced without the approval of any department. Most labels are not standardized, Or mark a false manufacturer or production license number, Some are even [three noes] products, Some claim disease treatment functions, Suspected of passing off non-drugs as drugs, Such acts violate relevant laws and regulations and social public order and good Read More …

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What should we do when Ebola strikes?

According to Phoenix Satellite TV, a woman who returned to Hong Kong from an earlier visit to Kenya, Africa, developed fever, dizziness and vomiting after returning to Hong Kong on Monday. She was treated in isolation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and is currently in stable condition. First, is what Ebola virus? The information given on the WHO website is as follows: 1. Ebola virus disease (EVD; Formerly known as Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever) is a serious and often fatal human disease. 2. The case fatality rate of the Ebola virus disease epidemic is as high as 90%. 3. The Ebola virus disease outbreak is predominantly occurring in remote villages close to tropical rain forests in Central and West Africa. 4. Read More …

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Food and Drug Administration Reminds Consumers Not to Buy Yang-strengthening Health Products

On September 26, 2014, the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration issued a notice reminding consumers not to buy health food claiming aphrodisiac function. The full text is as follows: Recently, media reports said that Since 2013, the number of cases of producing and selling health food with toxic and harmful ingredients claiming aphrodisiac function has risen sharply. Most of the sales locations are rented houses, small shops and adult stores. Illegal vendors have taken advantage of the psychology that some consumers are ashamed to see a doctor, covet cheap prices and are ashamed to report cases after being victimized, and have taken risks to sell aphrodisiac products to seek illegal benefits. Here, China Food and Drug Administration reminds Read More …

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Boca, not Ebola

Recently, there have been media reports: Shenzhen Airport Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has detected a Bocavirus patient among flight incoming personnel from Bangkok, Thailand. This is the first case of the virus detected at Shenzhen Airport. Boca virus, This is a name that is unfamiliar to medical professionals. As a result, many people look at the text and associate the virus with the Ebola virus that is raging in Africa and has spread to the United States and Europe. But in fact, the difference between Boca virus and Ebola virus is as big as the difference between Audi and Altman. Apart from the similar names, the two are quite different in terms of disease, mortality and transmission routes. Past lives Read More …

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Fudan Poisoning Case Withdraws Confession in Second Instance, Death from Poisoning or Fulminant Hepatitis B?

On 8 December 2014, The highly concerned Fudan University poisoning case was tried in Shanghai. Suspect Lin Senhao retracted his confession on the spot, denying that he had any motive for poisoning, saying that poisoning was only [April Fool’s Day joke]. What is even more shocking is that defense expert and forensic Hu Zhiqiang claimed: According to the autopsy results of Huang Yang, Huang Yang’s death was fulminant hepatitis B, not N-dimethylnitrosamine poisoning. This remark has aroused heated discussion on the Internet. The court has its own judgment on the defense. As bystanders, we might as well understand N-dimethylnitrosamine and fulminant hepatitis B before making an evaluation. Is N-Dimethylnitrosamine what? N-dimethylnitrosamine is a semi-volatile organic chemical with weak smell and Read More …