Health

Australian nuclear agency joins hunt for lost radioactive capsule
People told to stay clear of the tiny capsule containing Caesium-137, which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour.
Published On 31 Jan 2023
Biden administration to end COVID public health emergency in May
Move would restructure federal response to treat virus as endemic public health threat, ending some government support.
Published On 31 Jan 2023
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next pandemic, Red Cross warns
World’s largest humanitarian network says strong preparedness systems ‘severely lacking’ despite three years of COVID.
Published On 30 Jan 2023
Photos: People with leprosy fight social exclusion in Ivory Coast
In Ivory Coast, people living with leprosy say they often face social exclusion. Some now live together in a commune.
Published On 30 Jan 2023

A radiation alert is in force for parts of Western Australia after a tiny capsule containing Caesium-137 was lost.

US officials say Hive ransomware network extorted more than $100m from victims in more than 80 countries.

Cases have risen to 30,621, the highest on record, as Malawi suffers its worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.

Reports of North Koreans panic-buying food ahead of lockdown triggered by rising cases of respiratory illnesses.

The final years of the eradication effort, led by the US’s Carter Center, will be the ‘most difficult’, expert says.

As anti-abortion activists rally in Washington, rights groups pledge to keep fighting on 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade.

As the class-action suit over contaminated medicine begins, two mothers share why they joined the legal action.

What China’s COVID crisis means.

The world’s oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died at the age of 118.

Some 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia and cases also reported in The Gambia and Uzbekistan.

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