Health

Full fee waivers rise 20-fold to 280,000 after healthcare reform, minister says

About 280,000 patients have secured full fee waivers since Hong Kong’s public healthcare fee reform took effect at the start of the year — a 20-fold increase from the previous figure of 14,000, the health minister has said. Secretary for…

Poonam Dhillon admitted to Lilavati Hospital, CINTAA president diagnosed with Dengue

Times of India

Poonam Dhillon admitted to Lilavati Hospital, CINTAA president diagnosed with Dengue

Veteran actress Poonam Dhillon is recuperating at Lilavati Hospital following a dengue diagnosis. Her treatment is progressing well, and she is expected to be discharged soon. In the meantime, Dhillon is facing serious allegations of…

Times of India

I was being treated for dehydration - when suddenly I couldn't move

BBC

I was being treated for dehydration - when suddenly I couldn't move

An MRI scan confirmed that Carmel McConnellogue had Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) while she was in hospital being treated for a separate condition.

BBC

“I have never resigned” -Health Minister

The election of Opposition nominee Tempa Dorji as Speaker has not only surprised the country but also taken Bhutan’s political discourse into new and unexpected territory from the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nominee and…

Patients decry staff shortage at Gombe hospital

Patients decry staff shortage at Gombe hospital

Many families caring for people with mental health conditions are travelling hundreds of kilometers across the North-East to the Gombe State Specialist Hospital in search of treatment. Many of them attribute their decision to quality of…

2027: Keep Nigerian children out of political campaigns

2027: Keep Nigerian children out of political campaigns

As Nigeria moves into another election season, campaigns have officially started, political parties and politicians prepare for rallies, meetings, consultations and other activities that will dominate public spaces in the months ahead…

Breaking The Opposition’s One-Vote Breakthrough

History was made in Bhutan’s democratic journey on 19 August 2026 when, in a rare and unexpected turn, the Opposition’s nominee for Speaker, Bhutan Tendrel Party’s (BTP) Tempa Dorji, defeated the ruling People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP)…

'It's a nightmare': What life is like under Mount Etna's cloud of ash

Euronews

'It's a nightmare': What life is like under Mount Etna's cloud of ash

Locals living in Etna’s shadow face volcanic ash clean-up and hidden health costs. Is Sicily finally seeking solutions?

Euronews

Inside Malta’s Weight-Loss Drug Boom And Peptide Black Market

Lovin Malta

Inside Malta’s Weight-Loss Drug Boom And Peptide Black Market

The arrest of a doctor and gym instructor over the alleged illegal sale of weight-loss drugs, just last week, has put Malta’s growing appetite for peptides under the spotlight. Four people were arrested two weeks ago following police raids…

Lovin Malta

More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DRC

The Hindu

More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DRC

The Ervebo vaccine "has already been used several times, and in particular on a very large scale during the 2018-2020 outbreak", says Samuel Roger Kamba, the DRC's Minister of Health

The Hindu

Inside FMC’s frontline Lassa fever battle

Inside FMC’s frontline Lassa fever battle

For years, Lassa fever in Nigeria followed a familiar pattern: cases surging during the dry season, with health care workers bracing for an influx of patients; the outbreak easung off when the rains arrive. At the Federal Medical Centre…

Dozens die as dengue surges in Malaysia while vaccine uptake stalls

Dozens die as dengue surges in Malaysia while vaccine uptake stalls

Dengue infections in Malaysia have surged 56.2 per cent this year, with 58,079 cases and 55 deaths recorded so far, even as take-up of the dengue vaccine remains low. Dr Shanmuganathan TV Ganeson, president of the Federation of Private…