Health & Safety

A Criminal Ring In China Sold Expired Vaccines

by Anthony Kuhn

A woman holds her child to receive rabies vaccines at Hangzhou Hospital for the Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Disease as the child got scratched by a cat on March 22, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A case of illegal vaccines that
A woman holds her child to receive rabies vaccines at Hangzhou Hospital for the Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Disease as the child got scratched by a cat on March 22, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A case of illegal vaccines that VCG/Getty Images

Public anger in China is simmering over a nationwide criminal ring that sold expired vaccines. Despite success in vaccinating China's population, lax oversight has often led to tragedies like this.

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