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Iraq's Parliament Votes to Ban Alcohol
Nov 18, 2016Iraq's parliament has passed a bill for a complete ban on the sale, import and production of alcohol. The law entitles the state to fine Iraqi dinars 25m ($21,000) for anyone violating the alcohol ban. However, the parliament ...
Tags: Alcohol, alcohol ban
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Xinjiang Muslims Embrace Corban Festival
Oct 29, 2015Muslims in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region began celebrating on Thursday as one of the biggest religious festivals in China gets underway. The three-day Corban Festival, also known as Eid al-Adha or feast of the sacrifice, centers ...
Tags: Xinjiang Muslims, Corban Festival
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Preserving Cultural Heritage in Xinjiang
Oct 29, 2015The Xinjiang Uygur Muqam is a term referring to a variety of musical practices widespread among Uygur communities, one of the largest ethnic minorities in China. Born into a musical family, Ablimit Eysa is the 6th generation of the ...
Tags: Cultural Heritage, Xinjiang, Muqam music
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Part of International Arts Festival: World Music Shanghai
Oct 29, 2015From African drums to the hurdy-gurdy, World Music Shanghai promises 21 bands from 13 countries, including China, Spain, Cuba, and Kazakhstan. It's part of this year's China Shanghai International Arts Festival. World music encompasses a ...
Tags: World Music Shanghai, Arts, World music
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Powerflute Has Acquired Core and Coreboard Manufacturer Corenso
Dec 3, 2014Finland-based paper and packaging company Powerflute has acquired core and coreboard manufacturer Corenso for €102.3m. Powerflute had previously announced that it would invest around €81m in the acquisition. However, the ...
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By The End of 1976, Winter of Fashion Discontent Finally Over and The Ice Begins to Melt
Oct 22, 2014The full decade of the Cultural Revolution movement from 1966 to 1976 saw China's fashion go underground, buried under a sea of grass green army uniforms and Mao suits. But by the end of the year 1976, the winter of fashion discontent was ...
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Malaysia Needs to Open up Despite Its Economy Growth
Jul 2, 2014Malaysia appears to be steadily approaching the goal of taking its place among the world's developed economies by 2020. However, the nation needs to open up and embrace its ethnic minorities together with international residents and ...
Tags: economic policies
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A Patients' Race or Ethnicity Is Associated with Differences
Feb 8, 2014A lot of evidence shows that a patients' race or ethnicity is associated with differences in how health care providers communicate with them, the health care they receive, and their health outcomes. In HIV care, a key to those outcomes is ...
Tags: HIV care, drug, AIDS, M.Barton Laws
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Each Week, KHN Compiles a Selection of Recently Released Health Policy Studies and Briefs
Jan 20, 2014Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...
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Minority and Poor Patients Are More Likely to Have Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Jan 14, 2014Minority and poor patients are more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer when they're diagnosed than white and richer patients do, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 26,000 patients in California who were diagnosed ...
Tags: Advanced Thyroid Cancer, Minorities, Poor
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There Still Are Too Few Minority Faculty Members Are Less Likely to Be Promoted
Dec 17, 2013Despite diversity initiatives, there still are too few minority faculty members at U.S. medical schools and those minorities are less likely to be promoted, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data gathered from medical schools ...
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China's Baby Boom Could Have Significant Implications for U.S. Agriculture
Nov 25, 2013The kids are not alright in China — and the effect of a population shift could have significant implications for U.S. agriculture. Thirty years of a government mandated one-child policy have flipped China’s family tree into ...
Tags: US, agriculture, China, baby, boom
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Aviva Agrees to Divest 39% Stake in Eurovita Assicurazioni to JC Flowers
Nov 19, 2013UK-based life and general insurer Aviva has embarked on a conditional agreement to divest its entire 39% stake in Eurovita Assicurazioni, to New York-based private equity firm JC Flowers, in a cash transaction valued at approximately ...
Tags: Aviva Agrees, Insurer
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Americans Live Sicker and Die Younger Than People in Other Wealthy Countries
Nov 14, 2013Americans live sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy countries — and the gap is getting worse over time, a new report shows. Men in the USA have shorter lives than men in 16 developed nations. American women also fall ...
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TransCelerate Is Launching Three New Global Initiatives to Further Advance Efficiency
Nov 12, 2013US-based TransCelerate BioPharma is launching three new global initiatives to further advance efficiency in clinical trials and accelerate the development of new medicines: creation of common clinical trial protocol templates, development ...
Tags: TransCelerate, clinical trial, Global Initiative, Cubist Pharmaceuticals
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