Funding agencies in Canada need to review their policies for evaluating research proposals to ensure that South Asian research is conducted by South Asians, write authors in a commentary, titled "A call to stop extractive ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Early results from a University of Toronto stakeholder study on school food programs find that parents and caregivers in the Greater Toronto Area are concerned about limited access to current programs and the ability of schools ...
Apr 19, 2023
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As many Asian countries battle their worst surge of COVID-19 infections, the slow flow of vaccine doses from around the world is finally picking up speed, giving hope that inoculation rates can increase and help blunt the ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus rushed to impose tough restrictions, a year and a half into a pandemic that many initially weathered well.
Jul 9, 2021
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A new study examining why young South Asian heart attack patients have more adverse outcomes found this patient population was often obese, used tobacco products, and had a family history of heart disease or risk factors ...
Jul 7, 2021
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Japan's government on Thursday urged citizens to install the country's first coronavirus-tracing app when it launches this week, pledging that the system would not invade users' privacy.
Jun 18, 2020
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Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in COVID-19 studies, according to scientists from UK and U.S..
Jun 15, 2020
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China's top diplomat arrived Wednesday in Laos for an emergency meeting with counterparts from Southeast Asian countries, which have expressed alarm over a viral outbreak that started in China.
Feb 19, 2020
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A new virus that China announced in late December has killed more than 100 people, infected more than 4,000 and spread to around 15 countries.
Jan 28, 2020
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In an International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry study of individuals diagnosed with dementia in the United Kingdom, people from minority ethnic backgrounds (Asian and Black patients) had lower cognitive scores and were ...
Jan 24, 2019
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