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Worldwide IT outage hits ports, GPs and trains

The Port of Felixstowe is among many businesses and organisations affected.

2024-07-19T09:16:37Z

Richard Simmons’s team reveal heartbreaking final post fitness guru planned to share before his death

Richard Simmons’s team reveal heartbreaking final post fitness guru planned to share before his death - ‘This makes me want to cry’ wrote one fan

2024-07-21T09:05:30Z

Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers

Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers - Mental health experts, community clinics and politicians are working to create new programs to break down barriers that Latinos might face to getting therapy or treatment

2024-07-13T04:09:47Z

WHO sends over 1 million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being infected after the virus was detected in sewage samples, its chief said on Friday. "While no cases of polio have been recorded yet, without immediate action, it is just a matter of time before it reaches the thousands of

2024-07-26T11:43:50Z

Queensland and South Australia lead the ranks in report that reveals most painful suburbs for renters

The latest Rental Pain Index provides a monthly snapshot of conditions for renters, revealing signs of easing stress in some areas but high costs remain a critical issue affecting households nationwide.

2024-07-09T05:53:49Z

Biden experiencing 'mild upper respiratory symptoms' related to Covid, WH doctor says

President Joe Biden is “still experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms associated with his recent Covid-19 infection," but has no fever and his vital signs are normal, the White House physician said Thursday.

2024-07-18T18:32:12Z

More than one million birds to be destroyed as bird flu is detected at a seventh Victorian farm

Poultry farmers continue to fight Australia's largest outbreak of avian influenza as the disease is detected at a seventh Victorian farm.

2024-06-18T06:12:00Z

E. coli: First death in England linked to ongoing outbreak of bacteria

E. coli: First death in England linked to ongoing outbreak of bacteria -

2024-06-27T13:19:28Z

Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s largest hospital complicates treatment of kids with cancer

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital this week, forcing the evacuation of dozens of its young patients battling cancer. Russia’s heaviest bombardment of the Ukrainian capital in four months severely damaged Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital on Monday, terrorizing families and severely impacting their children already battling...

2024-07-11T05:31:04Z

Central African Republic's children are world's most deprived, UNICEF says

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Central African Republic's three million children are the world's most deprived, with widespread malnutrition, inadequate healthcare access and instability putting the country at high risk of a humanitarian crisis, UNICEF said on Tuesday. Half of the country's children do not have access to health services, and almost 40% suffer from chronic malnutrition, the U.N.

2024-07-02T10:49:47Z

ICoast kicks off first vaccination drive against malaria

In Abobo, a poor neighbourhood in Abidjan, dozens of women with babies strapped to their backs line up in front of nurses as Ivory Coast kicked off its first vaccination drive against malaria on Monday. Agathe Louis-Doh, a resident of Abobo, would like to see her neighbourhood cleaned up by the authorities.

2024-07-16T05:33:35Z

Australian judge dismisses lawsuit claiming Bayer weedkiller causes blood cancer

By Peter Hobson and Alasdair Pal CANBERRA (Reuters) -An Australian judge on Thursday dismissed a class action lawsuit claiming Bayer's Roundup weedkiller can cause a type of blood cancer, a boost for the company which is grappling with a slew of similar cases in the United States. Justice Michael Lee of Australia's Federal Court ruled that on the balance of probabilities, there was insufficient

2024-07-25T06:13:51Z

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

Sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro have tested for high levels of cocaine.

2024-07-23T10:29:02Z

Intensifying Congo conflict puts 1 million children at risk of acute malnutrition

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than one million children are at risk from acute malnutrition in Democratic Republic of Congo as rising violence drives up needs among millions of displaced people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The impact on civilians of the more than two-year conflict between Congolese forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in eastern areas of the country is worsening,

2024-07-12T10:49:26Z

Myanmar's figurehead president suffering severe health problems, adding to uncertainty

(Reuters) - The nominal president of military-ruled Myanmar is suffering from serious illnesses, state media reported on Friday, in a rare statement on the health of a key junta figure just weeks before an ongoing state of emergency expires. Myint Swe, 73, a former army officer, was vice president under Myanmar's quasi-civilian system who became head of state during a 2021 coup and immediately

2024-07-19T05:45:18Z