Health

Céline Dion reveals more about her health, treating stiff person syndrome, in new interview

As Céline Dion prepares for her five-week residency in Paris to begin next month, she's revealing more details about her illness and what she's been doing to treat it.

New 'landmark' drug shown to prevent recurrence of deadly melanoma

ABC News

New 'landmark' drug shown to prevent recurrence of deadly melanoma

A trial of more than 1,100 patients finds a new experimental drug could prevent one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer from returning.

ABC News

Gov't ensures medicine supplies for E Nusa Tenggara quake survivors

Antara News

Gov't ensures medicine supplies for E Nusa Tenggara quake survivors

The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has assured the public that medicine supplies for residents affected by the ...

Antara News

Salmonella outbreak: What we know so far

BBC

Salmonella outbreak: What we know so far

Hundreds have fallen ill with salmonella infections in an outbreak linked to imported eggs.

BBC

7,300 excess deaths and counting as France battles historically hot summer

7,300 excess deaths and counting as France battles historically hot summer

France saw more than 7,300 excess deaths during heatwaves so far this year, health authorities said on Wednesday, as the country also endured a record number of hot days since mid-June, according to an Agence France-Presse analysis. France…

Merck and Moderna say mRNA melanoma vaccine hits goals in late-stage trial

Merck and Moderna say mRNA melanoma vaccine hits goals in late-stage trial

Merck and Moderna report that a personalized mRNA vaccine helped prevent skin cancer from returning in high-risk patients. Observers greeted the news with enthusiasm but noted that full data from the ongoing late-stage study has yet to be…

Sweden reports rare measles outbreak following folk music festival

Straits Times

Sweden reports rare measles outbreak following folk music festival

Sweden has recorded 21 cases of measles connected to a folk music festival in the country’s north.

Straits Times

TASS

DPRK supports Russia's actions to protect sovereignty, WPK Central Committee official

Kim Yo Jong placed responsibility for the outbreak and continuation of the Ukrainian crisis on the United States and other Western countries

TASS

Mad Cow Disease identified at Scottish farm

Sky News

Mad Cow Disease identified at Scottish farm

A case of BSE - also known as Mad Cow Disease - has been confirmed in a cow on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway.

Sky News

Six Hospitalised Following Crash Involving Prison Van In Birżebbuġa

Lovin Malta

Six Hospitalised Following Crash Involving Prison Van In Birżebbuġa

Six people were taken to hospital this afternoon after a traffic accident involving a prison van in Birżebbuġa. The collision happened at around 2.45pm in Triq Ħal Far and involved a Renault Trafic prison van and an Isuzu Elf 250 truck…

Lovin Malta

A fifth of older Australians who contested AI-determined home support funding got more after human review

The Guardian

A fifth of older Australians who contested AI-determined home support funding got more after human review

Exclusive: Greens say department of health’s integrated assessment tool is ‘under-assessing’ far more people who may not know how to contest Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Almost one-fifth of older Australians…

The Guardian

Merck, Moderna claim encouraging melanoma vaccine trial results

Merck, Moderna claim encouraging melanoma vaccine trial results

US pharmaceutical firms Merck and Moderna announced on Wednesday encouraging results from a trial of their experimental vaccine against melanoma, potentially clearing the way for approval. The vaccine, called intismeran autogene, showed…