Health

France police find remains of five babies in a home

A forensic doctor said the remains likely belonged to five newborns, with further autopsies pending.

Over 1,100 hospitals still without zero-balance billing – Pia Cayetano

MANILA, Philippines — More than 1,100 hospitals nationwide still do not offer zero-balance billing, Sen. Pia Cayetano said Tuesday, a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. touted the program in his fifth State of the Nation Address…

India's top court orders no coercive action against youth protesters and release of minors, media reports say

India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of under-18s arrested during the youth protests over exam leaks and said authorities must ensure surveillance footage is preserved after petitioners alleged police brutality against…

Cyclosporiasis cases show ‘vulnerabilities’ in US food safety system, experts say

US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health funding An outbreak of cyclosporiasis highlights how US states and the federal government work together to track foodborne illnesses – and where…

Father battling cancer, village without a doctor: How Alik beat the odds to crack NEET

15 killed in fresh attack on Benue communities

At least 15 people have been reportedly killed on Tuesday morning in fresh attacks by armed invaders on Ugboju communities of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. Locals told our correspondent that the attack at Efeyi-Ugboju…

India’s ‘cockroach’ protests reveal a deeper social mobility crisis

India’s latest youth protests began after examination papers were leaked. They could ultimately be seen as a referendum on the country’s development model. The immediate trigger was the controversy around the National…

Japan PM says injuries, buildings collapsed in major quake

TOKYO, Japan—A major earthquake collapsed buildings and sparked fires in Japan’s southwest, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Tuesday, with broadcaster NHK saying that at least 50 people were taken to hospital. Television footage on…

Ebola cases in DR Congo top 3,200, nearing record of country’s worst outbreak

Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country…

Paolo Teston named new Court of Tax Appeals associate justice

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named Atty. Paolo Teston as new associate justice of the Court of Tax Appeals. Teston, who is now the former director general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), took his oath…

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo 'fastest on record'

Ebola cases in DR Congo have reached 3,262 - making it the 'fastest outbreak on record', according to officials.

Powerful quake hits southern Japan, deaths feared in shopping mall explosion

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall…