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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

Amid a global slowdown in new HIV infections, sex workers and gay men in East Asia are increasingly vulnerable to the virus, in a region where access to treatment is still below the world average. >>more>>

Two executed in baby milk scandal

Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang have executed two people for their role in a tainted baby milk scandal which killed at least six children and sickened hundreds of thousands. >>more>>

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.

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.

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	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.

	Lead, arsenic in Burmese medicine US health officials have found lead and arsenic in traditional Burmese medications used by refugee families.

	Vietnam pollution threatens health Experts call for tougher controls on factories and mandatory cleaner fuels.

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