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Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a "model minority" with few major problems, data released online today in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) reveal that distinct groups of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) differ widely in death and disease rates.

New studies show huge health disparities among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Asian immigrant populations

Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a “model minority” with few major problems, data released online today in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) reveal that distinct groups of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) differ widely in death and disease rates.

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Scientists gather to combat coral reef disease

Scientists gather to combat coral reef disease

      Karin Stanton/Hawaii247.com Contributing Editor Disease has been wiping out coral reefs in the Caribbean and Florida Keys for more than a decade, but has only recently been the focus of research in the Indo-Pacific region. This week, 42 scientists, researchers and reef management experts from across the Pacific are huddled at Outrigger […]

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