China fake drug scandal claims 14th victim: Xinhua
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A batch of fake Chinese medicine claimed its 14th victim when a man died of kidney failure nearly two years after receiving a tainted injection, state media said.
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Toxic leak victims rise to 126 in central China    WUHAN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Another 25 people have been hospitalized after toxic chemicals leaked from a tanker, bringing the total number of victims to 126, officials with the Xiaogan government said Friday.
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A top Panamanian prosecutor said tests show at least 94 people have died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol since July 2006 and that 293 more deaths are under investigation.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, Feb.
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A poisonous chemical leak in Xiaogan City, China, reportedly killed one man and sickened 130 other people.
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China is tightening application procedures for firms seeking to manufacture drugs, state media reported on Monday, following a rash of scandals over fake medicines and corruption in the industry.
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Investigators have verified 14 cases of abuse by a nightshift nurse who told police he abused nearly 100 patients at health care centers since the 1980s, authorities said Thursday.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Enterprises Violating Environmental Protection Rules in China Will Struggle To Get Bank Loans" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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China has recalled two tainted leukemia drugs tied to "adverse reactions" in patients, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.
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China is investigating a state-owned trading company's role in tainted medicine that killed at least 94 people in Panama, an official said Monday, as the European Union urged Beijing to be more vigilant about product safety.
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China executed a former drug and food safety chief on Tuesday for corruption in an unusually swift sentence which will serve as a warning amid a series of health scandals that have stained the "made in China" brand.
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China is to punish 97 government officials over the sale of fake milk powder that killed at least 13 babies.
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BEIJING, July 10 -- Moving to address mounting concerns about the safety of its exports, China announced Tuesday that it had executed the former head of its food and drug safety agency for accepting bribes in exchange for approving substandard medicines.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Wuhan, Feb.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, March 13 Kyodo - The Tokyo District Court sentenced a pleasure boat operator to 13 years in prison Tuesday for smuggling a large amount of amphetamine stimulant drugs from North Korea in 2002 in conspiracy with accomplices.
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Half of toxic leak victims discharged from hospital in central China    WUHAN, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-five victims from the toxic chemical leak last month in central China had recovered by Thursday, while 66 were still receiving treatment in hospital, local health authorities said.
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POTTSVILLE, Pa. - A nurse faked having cancer and took thousands of dollars that her co-workers raised for her treatment, and stole 54 tablets of the painkiller OxyContin, police said.