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American tests positive for Zika virus after Philippine trip

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An American woman who visited the Philippines in January has tested positive for the Zika virus in the United States, the Philippines’ top health official said March 6. Health Secretary Janette Garin said her department was coordinating with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get more information about […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Disease Control, Health Secretary Janette Garin, Lyndon Lee Suy, MANILA, Philippines, United States, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

BLOG: 7 tips for surviving Ho Chi Minh City when you’re not Vietnamese

February 4, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly I recently took a long overdue vacation to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and it was a really exciting experience, one that I gleaned many lessons from. Here are my 7 tips for surviving Vietnam when you’re not Vietnamese! (The exchange rate on my trip was ₫22,500 Viet […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Ben Thanh, Disease Control, GSM, Ho Chi Minh City, John Liu, Mai Linh, Northwest Asian Weekly, USD, Universe Central Hotel Saigon, Vietnamese, Vol 35 No 6 | February 6 - February 12, blog

EDITORIAL: We support raising Washington state’s legal smoking age to 21

January 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Have you ever driven down the street or walked through a public area only to spot someone who looks way too young to be smoking? Have you had to move seats on a restaurant patio or change hotel rooms (here or abroad) because of the lingering scent of cigarette smoke? Washington State Attorney General Bob […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Chris Sanderson, Disease Control, House Bill, New York City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander, Stuart Elway, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, culture

Uninsured drop by 11M since passage of Obama’s law

March 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health care overhaul five years ago, according to a pair of reports Tuesday from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although that still would leave about 37 […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, Affordable Care Act, Associated Press, CDC, Disease Control, House Speaker John Boehner, Kaiser Family Foundation, Larry Levitt, National Health Interview Survey, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court, Vol 34 No 14 | March 28 - April 3, White House

US nurse with Ebola says she’s ‘doing well’

October 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Emily Schmall and Nomaan Merchant Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A nurse who became infected with Ebola while treating the first patient diagnosed in the U.S. said Tuesday that she was “‘doing well,” while the World Health Organization projected that West Africa could see up to 10,000 new infections a week within two months. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Bruce Aylward, Christina Tran, Disease Control, Fort Worth, Jeremy Blume, Kent Brantly, Liberia, Matthias Hasberg, Nina Pham, Nurse Nina Pham, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Thomas Eric Duncan, US, United States, Vietnamese Catholics, Vol 33 No 43 | October 18 - October 24, WHO, West Africa

Seattle hospital to take Ebola patients if needed

October 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SHORELINE, Wash. (AP) — Harborview Medical Center in Seattle said Monday it is willing to receive U.S. residents who are evacuated from West Africa for treatment of Ebola. There are no patients with Ebola in Washington state and no plans to evacuate patients to the region soon, but local and state health officials said at […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Disease Control, Five Americans, Kathy Lofy, Scott Lindquist, Seattle, Timothy Dellit, Vol 33 No 42 | October 11 - October 17, West Africa, World Health Organization, letter

Dealing with death—and harassment: Zelda Williams suffers from the loss of her father and internet abuse

August 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly When renowned comedian and actor Robin Williams committed suicide from asphyxiation, daughter and half Filipina Zelda Williams discovered a hard truth about social media. It has two sides. There’s a nice, caring side and a downright ugly side. Zelda is the daughter from Williams’ second marriage to Filipino American […]

Filed Under: News, Features Tagged With: 2010, 2012, 2013, Amanda Todd, British Columbia, Del Harvey, Disease Control, Filipina Zelda Williams, Filipino American Marsha Garces, George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peter Pan, Robin Williams, Rutgers University, VP, Washington Post, social media

Top dads help raise money for diabetes research

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly About 9 percent of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a 2014 statistics report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Health Tagged With: 2012, 2014, African Americans, American Diabetes Association, American Indians, Asian Indians, CDC, Census Bureau, Day Council, Disease Control, Eli Lilly, Hispanics Latinos, Nate Miles, Nathaniel Nate Miles, Pacific Islanders, Providence Health Services, United States, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Shin-Ping Tu joins the VCU

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former Seattleite Shin-Ping Tu, MD, MPH, FACP, joined the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in November of 2013 as the chair of the division of general internal medicine.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Disease Control, FACP, Komen Foundation, MPH, National Cancer Institute, VCU, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Arizona surgeon shares his expertise with Korea

November 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James S. Kim KoreAm Journal Dr. Peter Rhee first caught the media spotlight more than two years ago, after the January 2011 shooting in Tucson that killed six and critically injured Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The chief of Trauma Critical Care and Emergency at the University of Arizona Medical Center, Rhee — in his scrubs […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Affordable Care Act, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Disease Control, Korean American, New York City, Peter Rhee, South Korean, United States, University Medical Center, Vol 32 No 45 | November 2 - November 8, attention

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