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    May 06, 2021 3 minutes

    Big Bone Disease

    China has seen no new child cases of Kashin-Beck disease, also known as “big bone disease,” for two consecutive years, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Kashin-Beck disease is a bone and joint disorder endemic to China that causes pain and can lead to disabilities.

    During the conference, Li Bin, deputy head of China’s National Health Commission, said that China still has 179,000 patients with symptoms of Kashin-Beck disease, and that between 2019 and 2020, patients suffering from the disease had received over 130,000 treatments

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