Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Taiwan’s health ministry on Thursday urged the elderly, very young and those with poor immunity to avoid travel to China due to…
Red Sea attacks on ships spark safety concerns for sailors
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Commercial ships face increasing dangers at sea after armed groups have attacked and seized vessels in waters around the Red Sea and…
African company to start making vaginal rings that protect against HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available. …
‘They’re in the air, drinking water, dust, food …’ How to reduce your exposure to microplastics
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Invisible specks of eroded plastic from long-forgotten toothbrushes, sweet wrappers and stocking-filler toys are everywhere. Read More
After China, mysterious respiratory illness affecting mainly children, raises alarms in US
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reports of a mysterious respiratory illness wreaking havoc in Chinese hospitals have prompted concerns within the medical community, with implications extending to…
‘Over 400 consultant anaesthetists left Nigeria in two years’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute No fewer than 400 consultant anaesthetists left the shores of Nigeria for greener pastures in the last two years, says the Nigerian…
Four migrants who were pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain's southern coast
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Four migrants have died meters (yards) from shore in southern Spain after being forced out of the boat they were traveling in, officials…
UK: Households and children in temporary accommodation at record numbers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The numbers of households and children in temporary accommodation in England have hit new record highs in figures that have been branded “shameful”,…
Fresh blow for family of Kfir Bibas as Hamas offer to exchange three hostages' bodies a day after claiming the baby, his brother and mother were killed in Israeli bombardment
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The family of Kfir Bibas, a baby who was snatched and taken into Gaza by Hamas, faced yet more anguish today after the terrorists offered…
Number of nurses and midwives working in NHS hits all-time high of 800,000 amid huge spike in overseas-trained medics from 'red list' nation
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of nurses registered to work in the UK has hit a record high, the nursing regulator has said, at…