HEALTH

More than 14,000 Canadians died during the 2021–2022 time frame while waiting for surgery, diagnostic scans, or other medical services, according to a new report released on March 2 by SecondStreet, a non-profit think tank. Using the most recent government data from several provinces, the report found that 14,057 Canadians

Canadian Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Bill to Combat Forced Organ Harvesting
OTTAWA, Ontario — After nearly 15 years of legislative efforts, Canadian lawmakers have unanimously passed...

Taiwanese-Americans Hope to Strengthen Community, Spur Business in Upstate NY
MIDDLETOWN, NY — Members of the local Taiwanese-American community gathered at the Northern Medical Center...

Northern Medical Center Embarks on New Integrative Medicine Program With Local Police Department in Upstate
This article was published on behalf of Northern Medical Center in Middletown, NY. Despite the cold...

‘Music Is Their Language’: School Gives Autistic Chinese Youth a Voice
BEIJING, China — Almost three years of pandemic restrictions have been hard for 23-year-old Chinese villager...

A Third of China’s Provinces Saw More Deaths Than Births in 2021, Exacerbating Demographic Crisis
Though the global population count just surpassed 8 billion people, China has been plagued with a dwindling...

Xi Cautiously Moves China Away From ‘Zero-COVID’
At the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this October, general secretary Xi Jinping...

COVID Cases Spike as China Loosens Stringent Regulations in Bid to Salvage Economy
After nearly two years of unrelenting “zero-COVID” pandemic measures that saw millions of people confined...

Oregon Voters Pass Measure 111 to Guarantee Affordable Medical Care
In the latest midterm elections, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 111 by a narrow 50.7-percent majority...

Elizabeth Holmes Seeks to Avoid Prison Over Theranos Fraud
Elizabeth Holmes urged a U.S. judge not to send her to prison, as the founder of since-fallen Theranos...