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Sudden cardiac arrest is an unpredictable emergency. Every year in the United States, there are more than 35,000 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), yet the overall survival rate is only about 10%. This means that out of 10 people who collapse, perhaps only one will survive. Unfortunately, in emergency situations, many bystanders are left unsure of what to do due to a lack of CPR knowledge—missing the best window for saving a life.

A news report on GBH posted recently caught our attention. The story was about how the head of a national media company, Brian Timpone,...

F ear can be a powerful weapon against a people’s freedoms. And what better way to spread fear than to make an example of those who speak...

Karen Chen is moving on from her role as executive director of the Chinese Progressive Association.

In an interview with the Sampan about her personal and professional life, Dr. Xue-Jun Kong spoke about her son, now 28 years old and pursing a graduate degree in mathematics, as well as her goals and focus areas in autism research, including founding the Synapse Lab for Autism Research at MGH and Boston Children's Hospital.

Massachusetts has had only eight cases total from 2015 till now, with several zero-case years. But with concerns around vaccine skepticism and a surge in measles cases nationwide, some are worried about the potential for this preventable disease and others to make a comeback.

I n a neighborhood starved of both new affordable housing and greenery, a development project has forced residents and activists to...

Dr. Yipeng Ge was one of several healthcare professionals who spoke in solidarity with Palestinian medical workers at a rally on Sept. 14 called “The People’s Prescription: Healthcare Workers & Allies Rally for Gaza.”

Boston-based furniture artist draws from classical Chinese designs, tradition and craftsmanship F or wood sculptor Hugo Nakashima-Brown ,...

Photo Credit by Adam Smith Amy Guen has been interviewed enough times to know how the process works. Sitting at Jiangnan, a Chinese...

Photo credit by Adam Smith The Josiah Quincy Elementary School has been a core part of the Chinatown community since its modern iteration...

Photo Credit by Liam Crampton For one weekend a year, in downtown Lowell, the second-largest free cultural folk festival in America takes...

You could think of the past couple years as one of time’s many tests for humanity — similar to that of the atomic bombings of eight...

‘Reconnecting Chinatown’ Join architects, landscape architects, engineers and city officials to discuss the potential development of...

The legendary 19th-century poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote for only five years, quit by the time he was 21, but left us with one of the more...

Photo Credit by Adam Smith Grown men are not supposed to be afraid of the dark. But I suddenly felt a sense of nagging fear as I was...

Directed by Razid Season, “Elijah” is a deeply moving film that captures the inner journey of a teenage girl discovering and embracing...

When Bobby Wong was a teenager, he wanted to help out with his family’s restaurant, the Kowloon, so he took on some part-time work there....

From a young age, Tehching Hsieh knew he wanted to follow his dream of becoming an artist. The native of Taiwan had read the works of...

When Jingyu Lin was growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, being an Asian American artist felt like a taboo dream. When she decided to...