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China attempts to fix its failing health care system

December 3, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Doctors took 15-year-old Ji Xiaoyan off a ventilator and she was discharged because her family could no longer pay her hospital bills. Her uncle cobbled together a makeshift ventilator from bicycle and washing machine parts, driven by a noisy electric motor. The contraption pumped air into the teenager’s lungs for more than a month, until the family got donations for treatment.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Associated Press, Beijing, China, JIZHUANGCUN, Ji Caixia, Ji Xiaoyan, John Langenbrunner, Shi Xiulan, Vol 28 No 50 | December 5 - December 11, Wei Qiang, World Bank, World Health Organization, Xi Yue, Yang Yunhua, poverty

True or false? H1N1 myths debunked

November 19, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Whether it’s severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or avian influenza, every now and then, there’s an ailment that is hyperbolized. Oftentimes, misinformation creates further confusion. In the last year, the H1N1 influenza strain has been at the center of media attention. Public media commonly refers to it as swine flu.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2009, CDC, CHPW, Chinese, Community Health Plan, ID, Korean, New American Media, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ryan Pangilinan, SARS, Vietnamese, Vol 28 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, World Health Organization, attention, language

Taiwan’s president greeted with love and hate in Seattle

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Cheers and jeers met Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeoh when he arrived in Seattle on Tuesday, June 2. More than 100 protesters stood outside the Seattle Sheraton Hotel including those from Portland and Vancouver. They shouted, “Ma Ying-jeoh must go. Taiwan doesn’t need you!” Inside the hotel, approximately 200 admirers […]

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: AIT, American Institute, Asian Pacific, Assunta Ng, Central America, China, Chinese, Democratic Progressive Party, Nationalist Party, Northwest Asian Weekly, Raymond Burghardt, Seattle Sheraton Hotel, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bui, Taiwan President Ma Ying Jeoh, United States, World Health Organization

Longevity of life a mixed blessing for Japanese

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — This past Friday, May 22, Japan welcomed the news that it had topped the world longevity ratings, but with its citizens living increasingly longer lives, it may soon become hard for the government to find enough young taxpayers to support them.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Cabinet Office, Germany, Norie Handa, Prime Minister Taro Aso, South Korea, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, World Health Organization, japan

Gates Foundation agriculture chief tapped for USDA post

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Gordon Blankinship The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The director of the agriculture program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been nominated by President Obama to be an undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Africa, Al Gore, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, President Obama, Rajiv Shah, Seattle Community College District, Seattle Public Library, South Asian Americans, USDA, Wharton School, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization

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