There have been no new cases of Kaschin-Beck disease (KBD) in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region since 2018 and all 54 risk areas in the region have eliminated the endemic, said local health authorities on Wednesday.
In the early morning, Kelzang Lhakyi skillfully uses ultrasound equipment to screen local herder women for cervical and breast cancers, a service she provides at a clinic in Amdo County in the city of Nagqu, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
A public legal aid center has been established this week in Chushur county of Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, becoming the region's first county-level legal aid institute and marking a new step in constructing legal aid institutions.
Internationally recognized Chinese director Pema Tseden died of sudden illness in the Tibet autonomous region on Monday at the age of 53, according to an obituary released by the China Academy of Art, where the filmmaker had worked as a professor since 2021.
Seventy-one people successfully ascended the summit of Luodui Mountain, whose altitude is 6,010 meters, in Damshung county of the Tibet autonomous region recently, according to the regional sports bureau.
