South Asian, Chinese New Yorkers among the hardest hit by Covid, study shows
The research shows the importance of disaggregating data for Asian American patients — and the need to do more, advocates say.
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A Surprising Finding on Diabetes in Vietnamese Americans
New research has found that nine out of 10 Vietnamese Americans with diabetes are not obese. Even when researchers lowered the body mass index (BMI) cut-off point for defining obesity, the researchers found that over three-quarters of diabetic Vietnamese Americans were non-obese. In comparison, only 50% of diabetic non-Hispanic whites were not obese.
Chinese Americans Health Woes Mount in Pandemic’s Second Wave
New York City’s leading Chinese elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Bayside, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Middle Village, Rego Park) and City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Downtown Flushing, Murray Hill, Queensboro Hill), met with the city’s most prominent Chinese doctors and community leaders Wednesday to discuss the State of Chinese Health 2021 report published … Read more
How the pandemic threatens to destroy America’s three remaining Japantowns
An eviction crisis is intensifying long-standing pressures on the historic neighborhoods — from displacement to urban renewal — and it could lead to their collapse.
A year of loss, heartache, looming eviction — and rescuing itself — for Chinatown
The pandemic and anti-Asian racism have decimated Chinatowns in New York, San Francisco and Seattle, but many residents are turning to one another for help.
Census Estimates U.S. Population As High As 336 Million Ahead Of Actual Count
According to the bureau’s Demographic Analysis estimates released Tuesday, the number of people living in the country as of this year’s Census Day, April 1, could fall within the range of 330.7 million to 335.5 million.