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bloomberg.com | Damian Garde |Karoline Kan |Amber Tong
A Chinese woman receives the Gardasil 9 vaccination in 2018. (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. Chief Executive Officer Robert Davis was tired of talking about China. On an earnings call in February, he answered question after question about plunging demand for his company’s vaccine against cancer-causing HPV in China, which previously powered Merck’s growth. Finally, he had enough. “We need to get the China situation figured out,” he said.
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Yili Group Holding Co. announced a subsidy for new parents to defray initial childcare expenses, making it the latest Chinese dairy company to use incentives to boost baby formula sales amid the country’s declining birthrate. The country’s biggest dairy producer this week unveiled a 1.6 billion yuan ($220 million) marketing program, framing it as childcare subsidy for new moms and dads, the state-run Xinhua reported.
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bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
This article is for subscribers only. Hi it’s Karoline in Singapore. Drastically low birth rates are a problem many Asian countries share, but few have seen a more dramatic shift of birth policy than China. But before I explain more... China lifted its long-held one-child policy almost a decade ago now as concerns shifted from having too many babies to not having enough. Years on however, the birth rate hasn’t risen.
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bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
Medical workers were tantalizingly close to eradicating malaria in much of Southeast Asia. But US cuts to foreign aid have put progress at risk. Dyna Doum has toiled for years to eliminate malaria from his native Cambodia. As the lead consultant for a program sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), he crisscrossed rivers and trekked through mountain forests to bring mosquito nets, medicines and testing kits to vulnerable communities.
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bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
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flipboard.com | Karoline Kan
6 hours agoWith Donald Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs on India looming next month, millions of Americans may have to brace for steeper medical bills. Last week, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal made an unscheduled trip to the US for discussions with officials, hoping to strike a trade deal. It followed Trump's …
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bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
When China relaxed its one-child policy a decade ago, makers of baby food and infant formula began plowing billions of yuan into new brands, products and factories, with investment in the industry surging by almost a third in 2016. But any hope of a baby boom proved fleeting as young Chinese these days appear to prefer dogs and cats to kids. “Pets can fill emotional needs that people don’t,” says Hu Weihua, owner of an animal hospital in Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong.
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bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
This article is for subscribers only. Hi, it’s Karoline in Singapore, where the voices against menstrual stigma are growing louder. But before I tell you more... If you were to buy a packet of menstrual pads in a convenience store or pharmacy in China where I grew up, the cashier will more often than not offer a black plastic bag for you to keep them in. The reason? To allow you to carry the pads discreetly — because displaying menstrual products or talking about menstruation in public are a no-no.
