COVID-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday.
May 31, 2021
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Coronavirus-induced anxiety and depression continue to exert a mental toll on U.S. residents, especially among young adults, even as rising U.S. vaccination rates and falling COVID-19 cases signal a gradual return to pre-pandemic ...
May 21, 2021
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Malaysia on Wednesday reported a record 6,075 coronavirus cases in a single day, with authorities warning of a "dire" situation as hospitals rapidly fill up in the worst-hit areas.
May 19, 2021
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Large health studies sometimes paint a rosy picture of Asian Americans in comparison with other groups. But when researchers aren't using a broad brush, the portrait can be quite different.
May 18, 2021
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Eleven novel loci and 90 independent association signals have been identified for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published in the May issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Apr 28, 2021
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Racially motivated violence looks like the mass shootings that killed Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Chung Park, Hyun Grant and Suncha Kim in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. Racially motivated violence also looks like suicide, which ...
Apr 23, 2021
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April is National Minority Health Month, making it the perfect time to focus on the often-significant disparities in health and well-being that affect racial and ethnic minorities across our country. But it's important to ...
Apr 9, 2021
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With the recent rise in anti-Asian violence and the tragic shootings in Atlanta, there has been an increased focus on individual and institutional racism toward Asian Americans. Our experience as Asian American medical students ...
Apr 5, 2021
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Deprivation among society at large is 'driving' COVID-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups—predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations—and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate ...
Apr 3, 2021
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Europe—heavily criticised by the World Health Organization for its sluggish COVID vaccine rollout—is badly lagging behind in the jabs-in-arms race, according to an AFP tally.
Apr 1, 2021
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