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Cornell’s Prabhu Pingali named board chair of anti-hunger institute

November 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, Farmers, Food Security, Nutrition, Sub-Saharan Africa

Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, has been named chair of the governing board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.

Announcement

ISPOR Announces Virtual ISPOR Asia Pacific 2020

August 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, Conference, digital health, health technology assessment, HEOR, HTA, Patient Care, real-world evidence, RWE

ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced its Virtual ISPOR Asia Pacific 2020 event programming today. Registration is now open for the virtual event that will be held 14-16 September 2020.

Research Results

Breeding new rice varieties will help farmers in Asia

July 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Agronomy, Asia, crop breeding, Crop Science, Farming, Food Production, Research, rice, Sustainable

New research shows enormous potential for developing improved short-duration rice varieties

Research Results

Where Did the Asian Longhorned Ticks in the U.S. Come From?

July 8, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, Australia, Cattle, Dogs, East Asia, Entomology, Environment, Gene Sequencing, genes, genetic, Health, Industry, Invasive, Invasive Species, Livestock, New Jersey, New Zealand, NJ, Parasites, pets, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Science, Ticks, United States, Wildlife

The invasive population of Asian longhorned ticks in the United States likely began with three or more self-cloning females from northeastern Asia, according to a Rutgers-led study. Asian longhorned ticks outside the U.S. can carry debilitating diseases. In the United States and elsewhere they can threaten livestock and pets. The new study, published in the journal Zoonoses and Public Health, sheds new light on the origin of these exotic ticks and how they are spreading across the United States.

Expert Pitch

China’s law is ‘final nail in the coffin’ for Hong Kong

June 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, China, Hong Kong, International Affairs, National Security, South Asia, xi jinping

China passed a law this week on national security for Hong Kong, which is expected to further limit the city’s

Research Results

TROPICAL FOREST LOSS

June 23, 2020 sarah Jonas Africa, Asia, Latin America, Tropical Forests

A new study from the University of Delaware finds that tropical forest loss is increased by large-scale land acquisitions and that certain kind investment projects—including tree plantations and plantations for producing palm oil and wood fiber—are “consistently associated with increased forest loss.”

Expert Pitch

Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Ethnic or Exotic Crops in N.J., Mid-Atlantic

June 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Asia, Asian, China, Crops, East Coast, Economic, Farming, Farms, Food, Food Industry, Hispanic, India, Mexico, Mid-Atlantic, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswck, Vegetables

New Brunswick, N.J. (June 9, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick ethnic crop research specialist Albert Ayeni is available for interviews

Expert Pitch

Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss How to Help Free Market Fight Coronavirus

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, Coronavirus, COVID-19, DNA, Drugs, Economics, Enzymes, Epidemic, Europe, Genetics, Government, Health, Industry, Medication, Medicine, MERS, New Jersey, Ngos, NJ, Pandemic, Pharma, Pharmaceucticals, proteins, RCSB Protein Data Bank, RNA, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Safety, SARS, United States, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego-San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Francisco, Worldwide Protein Data Bank

New Brunswick, N.J. (March 25, 2020) – Stephen K. Burley, director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank headquartered at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is available for

Expert Pitch

Expert analysis by Thunderbird’s Doug Guthrie: The Age of Cooptation: The Cost of Doing Business in Xi’s China

February 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Apple, Asia, China, China - U.S Relations, China Business, China Economy, China trade, China trade agreement, China trade deal, China trade war, COVID-19, Economic Analysis, Economic Impact, International Trade, Novel Coronavirus;, risk

The Age of Cooptation: The Cost of Doing Business in Xi’s China (Business, China, China Capitalism, International Trade, Supply Chain,

Feature

Panicky Responses to the Coronavirus are Dangerous—Here’s Why

February 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Asia, China, Coronavirus, Coronaviruses, Council On Foreign Relations, Flu Season, Global Health, Health, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Migration, Pneumonia, SARS, Sars Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, WHO, World Health Organization, Wuhan City

Fear of the virus may spread faster than the virus itself, a potential threat to health, liberty, trade, and the economy.

Research Results

Major Asian Gene Study to Help Doctors Battle Disease

January 28, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Asia, Coronavirus, Diseases, drug, Drug Development, Drugs, genes, Genetic Diseases, Genetics, Genomics, History, Medical Research, Medicine, Migration, Public Health, University Of Virginia, University of Virginia School of Medicine, UVA, UVA School of Medicine

“Under-representation of Asian populations in genetic studies has meant that medical relevance for more than half of the human population is reduced,” one researcher said.

Feature

Why Experts Are Worried About a New Virus in China

January 21, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Asia, China, Coronavirus, Global Health, Health, Pneumonia, SARS, Sars Virus, WHO, World Health Organization, Wuhan City

The virus appears to be less dangerous than SARS, but there are still concerns of a wider outbreak in Asia.

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