Health

Trump’s massive July 4 firework show raises health alarms

Washington prepares to break the record for the world’s largest fireworks display on July 4.

Straits Times

NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast

NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast

Migratory giant petrel discovered at Hawks Nest north of Newcastle, infected with suspected deadly bird flu strain Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New…

Breaking: Suspected bird flu case detected in NSW

ABC News

Breaking: Suspected bird flu case detected in NSW

A suspected positive case of H5 bird flu has been identified in New South Wales, the state agriculture minister has announced.

ABC News

125 passengers, crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco

The Hindu

125 passengers, crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco

Ruby Princess was on a 20-day round trip journey from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska when the passengers and crew members were stricken by norovirus, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said

The Hindu

More than 100 passengers on US cruise ship sick from suspected norovirus

More than 100 passengers on US cruise ship sick from suspected norovirus

Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this year More than 100 passengers and about 23 crew members on a Princess Cruises ship fell sick from suspected norovirus, according to the…

Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year

Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year

Seven of the babies were born under conditions of confidentiality, with only a few hospital workers knowing their mothers' identities.

Waikato Hospital ward will not be ready until 2027, health minister says

RNZ

Waikato Hospital ward will not be ready until 2027, health minister says

The new 28-bed ward was supposed to be ready this year.

RNZ

More than 400 dead in Dr. Congo’s spreading Ebola outbreak

More than 400 dead in Dr. Congo’s spreading Ebola outbreak

The highly infectious disease has had a fatality rate of just over 31% since the outbreak was declared in May.

Kenzo, the Bengal tiger that escaped a Mexican zoo, dies during its recapture

Mexico News Daily

Kenzo, the Bengal tiger that escaped a Mexican zoo, dies during its recapture

Relief quickly turned to outrage Thursday when Kenzo, the white Bengal tiger that escaped from a private facility in México state five days earlier, was pronounced dead by Profepa, the same federal environmental protection agency that had…

Mexico News Daily

'No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security'

France 24