Health

MBBS admissions: NMC puts focus on ability, not disability

Times of India

MBBS admissions: NMC puts focus on ability, not disability

New National Medical Commission guidelines assess functional abilities for disabled students seeking MBBS admission. Medical boards will now evaluate candidates' capabilities rather than just disability percentages. Enabling units will…

Times of India

RNZ

Health workers 'missed opportunities' to help 90-year-old abused by David Lee

Norman Lee was locked in a room for up to 16 hours a day in conditions a judge likened to torture.

RNZ

'I'm fortunate I survived a stage 4 diagnosis when so many didn't make it'

'I'm fortunate I survived a stage 4 diagnosis when so many didn't make it'

Diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer 10 years ago, aged 37, Lynette McHendry has defied the odds to face down the disease.

Billion-dollar industry 'watching, not panicking' over bird flu spread

Billion-dollar industry 'watching, not panicking' over bird flu spread

Queensland's poultry industry is on high alert after the state's first H5 bird flu detection, but consumers are being told there is no need to panic.

Dunedin father’s killer to keep name secret over mental health concerns

He stabbed a man to death and later returned to the crime scene to dance and behave strangely, but he now has been granted permanent name suppression over concerns for his mental health.

Kiwi track cyclist in hospital, training injury rules him out of Commonwealth Games

Kiwi track cyclist in hospital, training injury rules him out of Commonwealth Games

Nick Kergozou is currently in hospital in a stable condition, supported by his family, and is expected to make a full recovery.

My 10-day headache was terminal brain cancer

My 10-day headache was terminal brain cancer

Josh Smith began experiencing brain fog and headaches, but assumed he was "just tired".

Philippine Daily Inquirer

US curbs virus research Trump blamed for Covid pandemic

Philippine Daily Inquirer

US curbs virus research Trump blamed for Covid pandemic

WASHINGTON, United States — The United States on Tuesday released a new policy curtailing funding for a form of biological research President Donald Trump’s administration says caused the Covid-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China…

Tinubu: INEC is neutral, opposition only crying wolf

Tinubu: INEC is neutral, opposition only crying wolf

President Bola Tinubu has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) a clean bill of health, accusing the opposition parties of crying wolf. Key opposition figures have expressed doubts in the ability of the electoral…

Don’t Let Your Blood Pressure Rise with School Fees

Don’t Let Your Blood Pressure Rise with School Fees

September always sneaks up on parents like an uninvited relative. One minute you are enjoying the last bit of the holidays, the next you are staring at a school fees invoice that has grown taller since last term or semester. It happens…

'Not good enough': Dense breasts halting life-saving cancer diagnoses

'Not good enough': Dense breasts halting life-saving cancer diagnoses

When Kate Clark's breast started leaking fluid, she knew there was something wrong with her body. And although both a mammogram and ultrasound came back negative for breast cancer, she felt she knew her body better.

Woman who accused 'Australia's Banksy' of rape wants the courts to hear this

Woman who accused 'Australia's Banksy' of rape wants the courts to hear this

A woman who accused street artist Anthony Lister of rape is speaking up to help others navigate the police and court systems. Lister was acquitted of all charges last year.