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King back at work with first Privy Council and PM audience since cancer revealed

King back at work with first Privy Council and PM audience since cancer revealed - Charles met Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon – their first in-person audience of the year.


Chelsea fan reunited with match lifesaver

Paul Archer, 66, meets the volunteer who saved his life after he collapsed during a Chelsea game.


Strictly's Amy Dowden reveals she was hours from organ failure after contracting sepsis amid cancer battle

Strictly's Amy Dowden reveals she was hours from organ failure after contracting sepsis amid cancer battle - The professional dancer was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2023


Manitoba approves $710M in emergency funds for health-care staffing challenges

The province says it has approved a $710-million special warrant to tackle staffing issues in the health-care system.


Haiti: Thousands of pregnant women at risk amid violence

The UN has warned that pregnant women and those who survived sexual assault could face healthcare challenges as gang attacks paralyze the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.Some 3,000 pregnant women in Haiti's capital could be cut off from essential healthcare if the ongoing security crisis continues, with gang violence surging as armed gangs control most...


Gareth Southgate leads sporting world’s messages of support to Princess of Wales

Gareth Southgate leads sporting world’s messages of support to Princess of Wales - Kate revealed she was undergoing treatment for the disease in an emotional video message shared on Friday evening.


South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on Monday to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans. Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned to 20 hospitals for four


Pseudoephedrine expected back in pharmacies next year - Seymour

Medicines containing the drug are expected to be available over the counter at pharmacies in 2024.


South Korea says to start legal action against doctors over walkout

By Joyce Lee and Jihyun Jeon SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's health minister said on Monday authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school admissions. Around 9,000 resident and intern doctors, or about 70% of the country's total, have walked off the


EU parliament to extend new medicine data protection to 7.5 years, document says

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers have gone part of the way to meeting pharmaceutical industry concerns about the exclusivity period for new medicines after reaching a compromise on the biggest overhaul of EU pharmaceutical rules in 20 years, a parliament proposal showed. A European parliamentary committee is set to vote on its position on March 19 before a plenary vote on April


Malaysia's former PM Mahathir discharged from hospital after infection

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was discharged from hospital on Monday nearly three months after he was admitted for an infection, his office said on Monday. The 98-year-old former premier went into the National Heart Institute on Jan. 26 due to an unspecified infection and has remained in hospital since for observation. The nonagenarian, who has a


Hundreds queue in car park for heart checks

People wait for over two hours to get their heart health checked at a screening event.


Harry ‘will not be allowed temporary royal role while King is ill’- reports

Harry ‘will not be allowed temporary royal role while King is ill’- reports - It was alleged that Harry told friends he would step into such a role while Charles is unwell.


Sutherland pulls out of county deal with back injury

Australian ODI allrounder Will Sutherland has had to abandon his plans to play county cricket for Somerset this season after suffering a back injury.


World leaders pay tribute after Princess of Wales reveals shock cancer diagnosis

World leaders pay tribute after Princess of Wales reveals shock cancer diagnosis - Kate said the news had come as a ‘huge shock’ and it had been an ‘incredibly tough couple of months’ for the royal family.


Community health leaders push for disaster program

Another summer of fires and storms has reinforced the need for a permanent disaster recovery program within Victorian community health services, leaders say.


Ottawa, N.L. announce $256 million for health-care funding

The agreement brings a bilateral investment of nearly $256 million over the next three years, part of federal transfers that will bring more than a billion dollars over the next decade, says both levels of government.


Norway's King Harald has been discharged from hospital after getting pacemaker

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald has been discharged from the hospital after receiving a permanent pacemaker earlier this week and is doing well, the royal court said on Thursday. The king will be on sick leave until April 8 to rest and recuperate, the court said in a statement. The 87-year-old was hospitalised late last month for an infection while on holiday in Malaysia, and


US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of sewage creating a 'public health crisis'

Over the last five years, 100 billion gallons of untreated sewage, industrial waste and urban runoff have been dumped into the Tijuana River.


Pupils blame absence on routine shattered by Covid

Nearly 25% of Worcestershire's secondary school pupils have been persistently absent this academic year.


Norway king flies home after Malaysia hospital stay

King Harald, 87, was fitted with a pacemaker after falling ill whilst on holiday.


What are Alabama lawmakers proposing to protect IVF?

What new laws are Alabama lawmakers proposing to protect IVF treatment in Alabama and allow clinics to resume treatment?


Bird flu strain raises alarm as virus kills South American wildlife

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO(Reuters) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, raising the risk of it evolving into a bigger threat to humans, according to interviews with eight scientists. Of more immediate concern is evidence the disease, once largely confined to bird species, appears to


After Alabama ruling upends IVF, top health official warns of more consequences

After an Alabama Supreme Court embyro ruling upended IVF access, "all of this is unclear" Xavier Becerra, told ABC News in an exclusive interview


High-profile cancer diagnoses lead to greater awareness, charity says

High-profile cancer diagnoses lead to greater awareness, charity says - Cancer Research UK said there was an ‘uplift’ in traffic to its website after announcements from royal figures such as the King and Kate.


Girl who met Kate during cancer treatment urges her to ‘fight it like I did’

Girl who met Kate during cancer treatment urges her to ‘fight it like I did’ - Mila Sneddon met the Princess of Wales in 2021 after her picture was included in Kate’s lockdown photographic project.


Health P.E.I. to be headed by former Ontario assistant deputy minister of health

Melanie Fraser will be the new CEO of Health P.E.I., following in the footsteps of Dr. Michael Gardam and interim CEO Corinne Rowswell at the helm of the provincial health agency.


Former England and QPR forward Stan Bowles dies aged 75

Former England and QPR forward Stan Bowles dies aged 75 - Bowles was regarded as one of England’s top talents as well as a maverick


Entire Gaza population facing acute hunger - US

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it is the first time this has happened and calls for more aid.


Thailand to ban recreational cannabis use by year-end, says health minister

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will ban the recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year, but continue allowing its use for medical purposes, the health minister told Reuters in an interview. Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to decriminalise cannabis, initially for medicinal use and research in 2018, then for general growing and consumption in 2022. The move has spawned


Kate, UK's Princess of Wales, issues first message since undergoing surgery

LONDON (Reuters) -Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, thanked the public on Sunday for their support in her first public message since undergoing abdominal surgery in January, posting a picture of herself with her three children. The photograph, taken by her husband, heir to the throne Prince William, showed Kate, 42, smiling and looking healthy surrounded by Princes George and Louis and Princess