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No Country of Our Own

An internally displaced child in Burma’s Shan state, on a path leading into Thailand, in late monsoon season, October 2009. >>more>>

China's health ministry probes report on faulty vaccines

China has been beset by a series of product safety scandals over the past few years. At least six children died in 2008 after drinking milk contaminated by the industrial chemical melamine. >>more>>

Clashes over tainted drug claim

Around 20 people petitioning major state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm in Beijing for compensation after they became infected with HIV/AIDS have vowed to renew their appeal, following clashes with police in which three people were injured. >>more>>

Asia's growing AIDS risk

	Specific groups still face a huge risk of HIV infection as global infection rates slow.

Two executed in baby milk scandal

	Authorities in the northern city of Shijiazhuang execute two people for contaminating baby milk formula with melamine.

Lead poisoning in central China

	A second wave of lead poisoning cases creates an outcry near a smelting plant in Hunan.

Burma's blood money

	Residents of Mandalay say hospitals routinely charge patients for donated blood.

MORE FEATURES
	Chinese children 'lead poisoned' Villagers in rural China take factories to task after their children get lead poisoning.

	Detentions follow medical protest Chinese authorities detain five after a protest over a blood-test scam in Sichuan.

	Pregnancy and swine flu, questions answered Flu expert, Dr Maureen Baker, answers questions about pregnancy and the complications of swine flu.

	'Cancer villages' battle pollution Environmental activists are trying to clean up the Huai river amid high cancer rates.

	Doctors probed after woman dies Poor women die in childbirth every day in Cambodia, but who's to blame?

	Hand, foot and mouth in China A top health official warns the epidemic may not be over yet.

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