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Ayurveda doctor on bail in Gurugram cyber scam arrested again — in Rs 30-crore ponzi scheme

Body positivity and the ongoing body image crisis

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U.S. recalls lettuce linked to diarrhea-causing outbreak

U.S. health officials say contaminated lettuce imported from a Mexican branch of American-based produce supplier Taylor Farms is behind the explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S.

US military reports another soldier killed in northern Iraq

The US military on Sunday reported the death of another US soldier, bringing the total US military death toll in the Iran war to 17. In a post on social media, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said a soldier was killed in northern Iraq on…

Bird flu: No new cases of deadly H5N1 strain - but just a matter of time

More than 500 reports of dead or unwell birds have been made since the disease was first detected, MPI says.

I remember being given a deworming formulation when I was a child

” This was shared by one of the most respected pediatric infectious disease experts in the country upon learning of the incident in Cavite. She is now in her 70s, so this should give you an idea of how long the importance of deworming…

Parents of teen who died of MenB say vaccine rollout will save others

Meg Draper, 18, died of meningitis B just weeks after she started university.

All eyes on World Cup final; how police use facial recognition tech; ‘wellbeing poverty’ on the rise

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Good morning. Today the biggest World Cup ever seen reached its crescendo as Spain and Argentina…

India bans march on parliament by ‘Cockroach’ activists, risking a standoff

Police in New Delhi on Sunday banned a planned march on the Indian parliament by supporters of the viral, opposition Cockroach Janata Party. The demonstration set for Monday, the start of parliament's monsoonsession, follows growing calls…

Teacher aides face rise in kicking, biting from students

About four hundred staff — the majority teacher aides — have complained to the United Workers Union since April about facing violent behaviour from students and parents.

Election: Corps Members Collecting N50,000 To Alter Results – Adeleke

The President of Adeleke University, Ede, Dr Deji Adeleke, has shifted the spotlight in Nigeria’s electoral integrity debate from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to officials who conduct elections at polling units. He…

Paramedics told not to take complex cardiac patients to Mersey hospital

Paramedics have been told to transport complex cardiac patients in Tasmania's north-west to the Launceston General Hospital rather than the local Mersey Community Hospital.