Health

Asthma study sparks debate about safety of cooking with gas

New research that links cooking with natural gas to around 12 percent of childhood asthma cases has sparked debate about the health risks of kitchen stoves, as well as calls in the United States for stepped-up regulation.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Not necessary' to dwell on COVID death tally, Chinese experts say

Chinese health officials said Wednesday it was "not necessary" to dwell on the exact number of COVID deaths in the country, days after the World Health Organization criticised authorities' accounting of a surge in cases there.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

EU moving toward joint measures to face China COVID crisis

European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China's COVID-19 crisis on Wednesday and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

China insists official COVID data is transparent

China said on Friday all the COVID-19 data it has shared—including with the World Health Organization—has been transparent, despite its hospitals being overwhelmed and its official figures on infections and deaths being ...

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