Trump picks Indian American COVID lockdown critic as next NIH director

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian American Stanford University professor and vocal critic of COVID-...

Asian woman films herself confronting group in NYC after alleged ‘COVID’ remark

An Asian TikTok user named Isis Hong confronted a group in New York City after she claims someone said “COVID” when she coughed ...

BTS fans helped push mask-wearing during height of pandemic: study

A new study found that health-related posts that feature K-pop stars, most notably BTS, attract more responses from the general public and h...

Chinese virologist ‘Batwoman’ warns of 20 ‘highly risky’ coronavirus species

“It is almost certain that three will be further disease emergence and it is highly likely that a [coronavirus] disease will emerge again,” ...

Asian American medical students face racism, discrimination: Yale study

A new study learned that Asian American medical students often experience anti-Asian racism and discrimination from both the medical communi...

‘Stuck waiting to die’: North Koreans give first-hand accounts of starvation, crackdowns in rare interviews

Three North Korean citizens have risked their lives to expose the reality of starvation, crackdowns and disaster in their closed-off country...

China to fully reopen to foreign tourists after 3 years of COVID restrictions

China will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time after three years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. On Monday, China’s...

COVID is being omitted from Chinese death certificates, relatives of patients say

Before you read: Videos show bodies in China being burned on the streets as crematoriums fill up due to COVID surge CCTV captures moment Chi...

Videos show bodies in China being burned on the streets as crematoriums fill up due to COVID surge

Before you read: China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern US announces negative COVID test requirement f...

How to enjoy a happy and healthy new year during COVID

With winter here, older adults and people with certain medical conditions are encouraged to take steps to protect themselves against COVID. ...

China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern

Before you read: China eases restrictions on inbound travelers after more than 2 years COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of ze...

$20 million stolen from COVID relief funds by Chinese government-linked hackers, Secret Service says

The hacking group APT41, which has reportedly been working with the Chinese government for years, has been accused by the U.S. Secret Servi...

Father says 3-year-old son died due to China’s zero-COVID policy

Tuo Shilei, 32, has blamed China’s strict zero-COVID policy for the death of his 3-year-old son Wenxuan in the city of Lanzhou in China’s G...

Vancouver couple pleads guilty to anti-Asian attack on coffee shop manager despite claiming incident was staged

Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, each pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief in connection with an anti-Asi...

Los Angeles-Hong Kong business class fare reaches $13,000 after quarantine requirements dropped

Hong Kong saw a massive surge of inbound and outbound travelers after Chief Executive John Lee uplifted its mandatory COVID-19 hotel quaran...

Montana bar owner faces backlash after ‘ch*nk flu’ comment, says she’s ‘not racist at all’

Holly Tinch, who runs Holly’s Road Kill Saloon in McLeod, Montana, has faced backlash for referring to COVID-19 as the “ch*nk flu” at the b...

Airbnb hosts with ‘distinctively Asian names’ received fewer bookings during pandemic years, study shows

The rise of anti-Asian hate amid the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in fewer bookings for Asian American hosts on Airbnb, a Harvard st...

Viral video shows panicked shoppers attempting to escape an Ikea outlet in China during flash lockdown

Chaos ensued at an Ikea outlet in Shanghai’s Xuhui district after security announced a flash lockdown on Saturday due to potential COVID-19...

Singaporean TikTok user turns honeymoon COVID-19 diagnosis into clever song in viral video

After catching COVID-19 during her honeymoon, a Singaporean woman made light of the situation by writing a song and uploading it to TikTok ...

10-year-old boy filmed threatening to stab Shanghai health worker with knife during COVID test

A furious 10-year-old boy in Shanghai was caught on camera brandishing a vegetable knife and threatening to kill a healthcare worker. The ...

Hong Kong to issue over 100,000 electronic tracking bracelets to COVID patients to enforce quarantine

The Hong Kong government will be distributing more than 100,000 electronic wristbands to better track COVID-19 patients amid the city’s fif...

Healthcare worker filmed beating corgi to death in locked-down Shanghai sparks anger

A video showing a healthcare worker beating a corgi to death on the streets of Shanghai amid a lockdown has gone viral. The dog’s owners, ...

UK poll: Nearly 1 in 3 believe COVID-19 was spread on purpose by China

A recent poll done in the United Kingdom found that nearly 30% of Britons believe that China intentionally spread the COVID-19 as a bio-wea...

11 of K-pop group Loona’s 12 members test positive for COVID-19

Three members of 12-member K-pop girl group Loona tested positive for COVID-19 based on PCR tests taken on Feb. 25. On March 1, Blockberry...

New COVID-19 test provides accurate results within 4 minutes, according to Chinese scientists

Scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai have developed a portable test that utilizes an “electromechanical biosensor” to detect corona...

US figure skater Vincent Zhou withdraws from Olympics after COVID-19 diagnosis

California-born figure skater Vincent Zhou confirmed he has tested positive for COVID-19. Zhou, 21, is withdrawing from the individual fig...

Olympic athletes express distress over Beijing quarantine conditions, ‘inedible’ food

Concerns have been raised over poor isolation conditions in quarantine hotels at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Athletes have reported ...

Simu Liu reveals he lost his grandparents to COVID after fellow Marvel star voices anti-vaccine stance

Evangeline Lilly, who portrayed Hope van Dyne, or the Wasp, in “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” shared her support for “bodily sovereignty” against ...

Anti-maskers harass Chinese restaurant workers over Maryland mask mandate

A viral video shows two anti-maskers harassing employees at a kosher Chinese restaurant in Maryland. After being told to put masks on befo...

‘I really regret not getting the vaccine’: Comedian Christian Cabrera, known as ‘Chinese Best Friend,’ dies at 40

Christian Cabrera, known as the internet comedian “Chinese Best Friend,” has died at the age of 40 from the coronavirus. Cabrera reportedl...

US cancels 44 flights to China after China cancels 44 flights to US

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) cancelled 44 China bound flights operated by Chinese carriers that were planned between Jan. 30...

‘You people killed my people’: NYC parolee charged after calling Asian man slur, blaming him for ‘virus’

Tandika Wright, 35, has been accused of hurling an anti-Asian slur and then blaming the victim for “the virus.” She has about 35 prior arr...

House Republicans express outrage over US purchase of ‘made in China’ KN95 masks to fulfill mask mandate

House representatives have been mandated to wear N95 or KN95 masks in Capitol buildings earlier this month. Members recently received KN95...

‘Just take it back, man’: Missouri GOP lawmaker demands colleague apologize for ‘Chinese virus’ remark

Rep. Brian Seitz (R-156) reportedly referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” during a floor debate in March. Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-98) c...

Chinese social media users believe Canada deliberately sent Omicron through ‘poison’ letter

Weibo users have supported China’s claim that the Omicron variant entered Beijing through a contaminated letter sent from Toronto. “The pe...

Chinese woman in strict quarantine helplessly watches her dog destroy her home through surveillance cam

A Chinese woman, identified only as Liu, had to watch her dog destroy her sofa and other belongings via surveillance camera while going thr...