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You are here: Home / Archives for World Health Organization

BLOG: Think twice before smoking that pipe — The hookah bar controversy continues

August 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng The first time I heard about hookah bars two years ago, I was completely repelled. “Hooker” was what I heard. You can imagine why I didn’t want to continue the conversation with anyone mentioning the word. Go ahead, you can laugh at me. My editor certainly did.  I didn’t know anything about […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, African Americans, Asian American, Chinatown, City Attorney Peter Holmes, City Hall, Donnie Chin, East African, Environmental Protection Agency, ID, John Okamoto, King County Health, Kings Hookah Bar, Mayor Ed Murray, Publisher's Blog, Seattle City Council, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28, WNPA2016, World Health Organization

Economy hit as MERS keeps Koreans indoors, deters tourists

June 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For a South Korean tour agency, the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome feels like a bigger threat to business than a North Korean attack or nuclear reactor meltdown. Kim Chun Choo’s company, which has provided tour services for the last quarter century, is […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Asiana Airlines, China, Kim Chun Choo, Kim Travel, Korean Air Lines, Lee Ju-yeol, MERS, North Korean, SEOUL, Saudi Arabia, South Koreans, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, World Health Organization, Yeonpyeong Island, japan

Cancer surge in China prompts rise of special patient hotels

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jack Chang Associated Press BEIJING (AP)—Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China’s most renowned cancer hospital. Her laundry dries on hangers and her husband cooks in a communal kitchen as she embarks on an 84-day program of […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Angela Pratt, Associated Press, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Chen Shuhong, China, Chinese, Cui Xiaobo, Guo Xinglan, United States, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, WHO, World Health Organization

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

Chinese smog forces cancelled flights

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Thick, off-the-scale smog shrouded eastern China for the second time in about two weeks on Tuesday, Jan. 29 forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting Beijing to temporarily shut factories and curtail fleets of government cars.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese New Year, Christopher Bodeen, Clean Air Act, Cui Qifeng, Emergency Department, Flora Ji, Jiangong Hospital, Liu Peng, Lunar New Year, Pan Shiyi, Ren Haiqiang, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, Wang Anshun, World Health Organization, Xinhua News Agency

Korean American teen gets online web searches to do offline lifesaving

February 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly After Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the precursor to Google in 1996, they paired it with a business plan that’s proven to be successful beyond any measure.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Charity Water, Dorothy Echodu, Google, High School, Jack Kim, James Tabafunda, Korean American, Library Commons, Northwest Asian Weekly, Palo Alto, Pilgrim Africa, Sergey Brin, South Korea, Stanford University, World Health Organization

Health officials say India is close to wiping out polio

October 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has not had a case of polio in nine months, raising hopes the country is on the verge of defeating the disease, health officials said Monday, Oct. 24.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Afghanistan, Asia, Australia, Europe, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, India, Nata Menabde, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rod Curtis, UNICEF, Uttar Pradesh, Vol 30 No 44 | October 29 - November 4, WHO, West Bengal, World Health Organization, World Polio Day

China’s unhealthy habits drive chronic diseases up

September 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — During a recent weekday lunch, middle-aged Wu Zhixin had a plate of shredded pork noodles glistening with oil and washed it down with a paper cup of vodka-like alcohol. Then she lit a cigarette.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Beijing, China, Chinese, Double Happiness, GDP, Lu Nanxu, New York, Olympics, Peter Ben Embarek, United Nations General Assembly, United States, Vol 30 No 39 | September 24 - September 30, WHO, World Health Organization, poverty

Wayne’s Worlds: Business isn’t business without a cough and wheeze

September 30, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly As we’ve all recently celebrated World No Tobacco Day … actually, let me rephrase that. I may be overstating things. As we’ve all observed World No Tobacco Day … no, that’s not exactly right, either. Let me try one more time.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2010, China, Chinese, Column: Wayne's Worlds, MILLION, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, SWAT, United States, Vol 29 No 40 | October 2 - October 8, Wayne Chan, Wayne Worlds Business, World Health Organization

Alaskan woman to take her health work globally in Laos

September 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Sitkan Nancy Knapp describes the country of Laos as “a different world” from Alaska. However, she found some similarities in the delivery of healthcare to rural areas.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Global Fund, HIV, Health Program, Laos, Mark Gorman, Peace Corps, Philippines, SEARHC, Sitka Sentinel, TB, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 29 No 38 | September 18 - September 24, World Education, World Health Organization

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