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Health in China: HIV/AIDS hits 740,000

The number of HIV positive people in China probably stands at around 740,000, up from the estimated 700,000 who had the virus in 2007, the Chinese health minister said recently […]

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Watch Bill Gates’ “A New Kind of Philanthropy” talk at TED

Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world’s biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them […]

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Living in China: Shanghai’s AIDS cases increase fivefold since 2005

The number of known AIDS victims among people holding Shanghai residency has increased more than fivefold since 2005, according to a report released recently […]