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China
New data links COVID-19 origin to raccoon dogs in China market
International researchers have discovered new genetic material collected at a Chinese market indicating that COVID-19 originated in coronavi...
Michelle De Pacina
Virus discovered in China carried by shrews unlikely to become the next COVID, scientists suggest
A new virus discovered in eastern China has infected at least 35 people between 2018 and 2021. The pathogen, identified as the Langya heni...
Carl Samson
News
Controversial Wilmington police sergeant being investigated for ‘China virus’ Facebook post
A Wilmington police sergeant is under investigation after posting an anti-Asian comment on Facebook. The police sergeant, Stephanie Castel...
Rebecca Moon
‘Highly Pathogenic’ Bird Flu Erupts 340 Miles Away From Wuhan, China
Chinese authorities have reported that a highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu has been discovered in Hunan, China. China’s Ministr...
Ryan General
Opinion
It’s Coronavirus Season. You Know What That Means? Racism. Lots of It
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions...
Ranier Maningding
First Person Cured of Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, Chinese Authorities Say
Authorities have confirmed the first person has been cured of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China where the di...
Bryan Ke
China’s Mysterious Coronavirus Has Reached the United States
The first case of coronavirus — a respiratory disease first reported in Wuhan, China where six people died and at least 200 people have been...
Khier Casino
Feature
China’s ‘Mystery Virus’ Now Found in Thailand, Japan
The “mystery virus” that has so far infected at least 200 people in mainland China since the end of December has been detected in neighborin...
China Suffers From Mystery Virus Outbreak After 59 People Fall Ill
Chinese health officials have officially ruled out Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), bird flu, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ...
Bay Area Boy Mysteriously Dies From Common Virus
A 9-year-old boy in Milpitas, California died after contracting a common infection among children, baffling his parents and some doctors who...
Asia
African Swine Virus That Has 100% Kill-rate Sweeping Through China’s Pork Industry
Chinese pork production is facing a threat of a highly contagious flu virus that has already spread to a dozen provinces in the past three m...
China Just Launched a $15 All-in-One Treatment Pill for HIV
HIV treatment just became less expensive and more convenient for those who have the virus in China. On Jan. 20, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) launch...
French Company Injects 733,000 Filipino Children With Potentially Dangerous Virus Vaccine
The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) is on high alert after French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur announced that its first-ever ...
Deadly New Strain of Bird Flu in China Could Trigger Global Pandemic
A new strain of H7N9, commonly known and referred to as bird flu, is circulating in China, and scientists believe this could pose a threat t...
Teen in Japan Held For Selling Smartphone Virus for ‘Pocket Money’
A 13-year-old boy from Osaka was referred to a juvenile consultation center by Japanese authorities for allegedly selling a smartphone virus...
Bill Gates Just Predicted that an Imminent Disaster Will Wipe Out 33 Million People
The richest man in the world claims that, within a span of 250 days, 33 million people could be wiped out. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates a...
Augustine Reyes Chan
You’ll NEVER Want to Use Public Wi-Fi Again After Reading This
When we need Wi-Fi in public, sometimes it seems like we’ll say to ourselves, “I’ll take the first one I can get — I don’t care how sh...
Max Chang
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