[2026-05-17 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Shocking scenes inside LA’s libraries as ex-cons, drugs and chaos overwhelm staff, terrify visitors

Snippet: Los Angeles public libraries are being overwhelmed by violence, drug use and homelessness with frightened families and librarians saying once-safe community spaces are often no-go zones.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/los-angeles-libraries-see-surge-in-crime-drug-use-and-911-calls-across-city/

[2026-05-17 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Canadian cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus

Snippet: VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak received a “presumptive positive” test result for the virus, Canadian officials said Saturday.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/canada-hantavirus-positive-test-880ad45b272c59a96a9fb07bf6425d45

[2026-05-17 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive

Snippet: A Canadian who sailed on the cruise ship MV Hondius which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak in April has tested positive for the disease, officials in the province of British Columbia say.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k2p057ezno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-05-17 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: ‘Baywatch’ icon David Hasselhoff, 73, fuels health fears as he’s seen in wheelchair with bandaged ankle

Snippet: David Hasselhoff further fueled concerns about his health on Wednesday, when he was seen being pushed in a wheelchair with a bandaged ankle.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/05/16/celebrity-news/david-hasselhoff-sparks-concern-as-hes-seen-in-wheelchair/

[2026-05-17 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: ABC News

Title: 'You're malnourished; you are overtrained': Olympic gymnast's warning

Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:32am

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/menstrual-irregularities-womens-health-education-abc-survey/106597534

[2026-05-17 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Supplement long recommended to prevent dementia may actually speed up brain decline: study

Snippet: Something fishy may be going on with a daily pill trusted by millions of Americans.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/health/this-popular-brain-health-supplement-may-speed-cognitive-decline/

[2026-05-17 05:04 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Age

Title: Fifty years ago, these men set out to defeat an insidious disease. A fortnight ago, they did

Snippet: May 17, 2026 — 5:04am

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/fifty-years-ago-these-men-set-out-to-defeat-an-insidious-disease-a-fortnight-ago-they-did-20260511-p5zvn7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-17 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 18, wound 124 in 24 hours

Snippet: Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli attacks killed 18 people and wounded 124 others over the past 24 hours, as bombardment continues across the country.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-lebanon-kill-18-wound-124-24-hours

[2026-05-17 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: DRC health minister warns ‘very high’ Ebola lethality rate as toll hits 80

Snippet: At least 80 deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) new Ebola disease outbreak, authorities said, as health workers race to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/drc-health-minister-warns-very-high-ebola-lethality-rate-as-toll-hits-80

[2026-05-17 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios to undergo elbow surgery

Snippet: DETROIT (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays could be without right-hander José Berríos for the remainder of the season after the veteran pitcher is scheduled to undergo elbow surgery Wednesday.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/toronto-blue-jays-jose-berrios-8051f12812874f57a1deb98602950291

[2026-05-17 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in The Hague at age 91

Snippet: KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague, Netherlands, a U.N. court said Saturday, three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/rwanda-genocide-suspect-kabuda-dies-hague-d9c0156deb1359429cb22ea8441974e9

[2026-05-17 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses

Snippet: PARIS — France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more transmissible or more dangerous.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/17/world/france-says-cruise-ship-andes-virus-matches-known-south-american-viruses/2345575

[2026-05-17 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: UK ex-health minister says will run to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Snippet: Wes Streeting, the former British health secretary who resigned from the government this week, says he will run to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer when the contest is triggered.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/uk-ex-health-minister-says-will-run-to-replace-prime-minister-keir-starmer

[2026-05-17 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80

Snippet: KINSHASA, DR Congo — An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused at least 80 deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine or specific treatment, the country's health minister warned Saturday.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/17/world/no-vaccine-for-latest-ebola-outbreak-drc-warns-as-as-toll-hits-80/2345573

[2026-05-17 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Streeting says he would join leadership race as Burnham vows to 'save' Labour

Snippet: Wes Streeting has confirmed he would enter any potential Labour leadership contest, days after resigning as health secretary and telling the prime minister he had "lost confidence" in him.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17297n77z1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-05-17 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: ‘Uniboob’ is a real medical condition — who’s likely to get it

Snippet: For some, the dreaded “uniboob” isn’t just a side effect of a too-tight sports bra or a fashion mishap that resolves once you get home.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/health/uniboob-is-a-real-medical-condition-whos-likely-to-get-it/

[2026-05-17 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Francia dice que el virus detectado en una pasajera del crucero coincide con otros ya conocidos

Snippet: Ambulancias que transportan a pacientes evacuados del crucero MV Hondius con sospecha de infección por hantavirus, salen del aeropuerto de Bourget, al norte de París, el 10 de mayo de 2026. (Foto AP/Thibault Camus)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/hantavirus-crucero-francia-pasteur-4412bb0f547269a403c81182bf5e7a8e

[2026-05-17 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: France’s Pasteur Institute sequences Andes virus

Snippet: Ambulances carrying patients evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, leave the Bourget airport, north of Paris, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/france-hantavirus-andes-sequencing-b48647992da82d6d44dfc6da1a460005

[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Japan pharma firm warns against rare diseases drug after deaths

Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/17/world/asia-oceania/japan-pharma-firm-warns-against-rare-diseases-drug-after-deaths/2345535

[2026-05-17 01:57 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Israeli strikes kill six in southern Lebanon hours after extension of ceasefire

Snippet: Three paramedics at health centre among dead, while Israel also says it killed Hamas military chief in Gaza

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/israeli-strikes-southern-lebanon-hours-after-extension-of-ceasefire

[2026-05-17 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian man, raids homes in occupied West Bank

Snippet: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in a targeted attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says, as the army also storms homes amid settler attacks.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/israeli-army-kills-palestinian-man-raids-homes-in-occupied-west-bank

[2026-05-17 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: ABC News

Title: Former UK health minister says he will stand in any contest to replace Starmer as PM

Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 1:16am

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/wes-streeting-confirms-will-stand-contest-against-keir-starmer/106688750

[2026-05-17 00:35 UTC+10:00] [Wes Streeting] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Streeting launches scathing attack on Starmer - and calls for UK to rejoin EU

Snippet: Ex-health secretary, who is expected to launch leadership bid soon, condemns ‘heavy-handed’ approach

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/wes-streeting-launches-scathing-attack-keir-starmer-vision-leadership

[2026-05-17 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: The fun activities that can trick your body into aging slower

Snippet: Forget the fountain of youth — the secret to staying young may lie in how you spend your free time.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/health/the-fun-activities-that-can-trick-your-body-into-aging-slower/

[2026-05-16 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: These are the states with the biggest drug problems — and the least

Snippet: The Land of Enchantment is anything but.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/american-states-with-the-most-and-least-drug-problems/

[2026-05-16 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: When a beauty appointment doesn’t go as planned

Snippet: A beauty appointment can feel routine right up until it doesn’t. In places like California, where beauty services are widely accessible and frequently booked, a peel, lash service, scalp treatment, or resurfacing session may be booked as casually as a haircut. For some people, it leaves them dealing with burning, swelling, or a reaction that lingers longer than expected.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/contributor-content/when-a-beauty-appointment-doesnt-go-as-planned/

[2026-05-16 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Conflicting advice makes it hard to know when to get a mammogram

Snippet: When should you begin getting mammograms? Guidelines disagree on whether to begin at age 40, 45 or 50, and whether a yearly or every-other-year scan is best. So here are some tips to help you decide.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/breast-cancer-mammogram-age-risk-advice-5319d9d12bc00c796e2f084d7ff1bd63

[2026-05-16 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Why J&J thinks its new psoriasis pill could be one of its biggest drugs ever

Snippet: Johnson & Johnson is counting on its newly launched psoriasis pill to become its next cash cow. Investors want to know if it can live up to the hype. Icotyde went to market after the Food and Drug Administration approved it in mid-March for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The once-a-day drug is the first and only oral treatment targeting the same IL-23 receptor as popular injectables, including J & J's Tremfya, which is also indicated for psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/16/why-jj-thinks-its-new-psoriasis-pill-could-be-one-of-its-biggest-drugs-ever.html

[2026-05-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Psychotherapist reveals why therapy might be doing you more harm than good

Snippet: Jonathan Alpert has been a psychotherapist for decades, but in his new book, he questions whether his profession is doing some people more harm than good. “Therapy has never been more ubiquitous, yet we’re anxious, fragile, lost, and more divided than ever,” he writes in the introduction to “Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It’s Left Us More Anxious and Divided” (Hanover Square Press).

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/opinion/all-that-therapy-isnt-actually-helping-americans/

[2026-05-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: How UCLA rower Claire Prindiville beats rare disease

Snippet: Claire Prindiville wakes up not knowing if this will be the day.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/sports/why-ucla-rower-claire-prindiville-isnt-disheartened-by-rare-disease/

[2026-05-16 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: 10 Mexican government, justice officials indicted in US, will surrender

Snippet: The defendants include a governor, a mayor and a secretary of public security for charges which include corruption, bribery and arms and drug smuggling

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353820/ten-mexican-government-justice-officials-indicted-us-will-surrender?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-16 21:18 UTC+10:00] [Claudia Sheinbaum] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: 10 Mexican government, justice officials indicted in US, will surrender

Snippet: The defendants include a governor, a mayor and a secretary of public security for charges which include corruption, bribery and arms and drug smuggling

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353820/ten-mexican-government-justice-officials-indicted-us-will-surrender

[2026-05-16 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Israel dice que mató al líder del ala militar de Hamás, artífice de ataques del 7 de octubre

Snippet: Palestinos cargan con el cuerpo de una persona fallecida en la víspera en ataques aéreos israelíes contra Izz al-Din al-Haddad, líder de las Brigadas Qassam de Hamás, durante un funeral en el exterior del hospital Shifa, en la Ciudad de Gaza, el 16 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hamas-israel-ataque-2c5d33ffc418ef7392adaa6c85656726

[2026-05-16 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Earliest heat-related death on record reported amid scorching heat

Snippet: SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first death from heat-related illnesses this year was reported Saturday amid an early heat wave, marking the earliest such case on record in any year, health authorities said.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260516002600315

[2026-05-16 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Man infected with rat hepatitis E, Hong Kong’s first case this year

Snippet: Patient, 42, says he did not encounter rodents at home or at work before positive test on May 5, while three household contacts remain asymptomatic

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3353818/man-infected-rat-hepatitis-e-hong-kongs-first-case-year?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-16 20:03 UTC+10:00] [Accident and Emergency Department] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Man infected with rat hepatitis E, Hong Kong’s first case this year

Snippet: Patient, 42, says he did not encounter rodents at home or at work before positive test on May 5, while three household contacts remain asymptomatic

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3353818/man-infected-rat-hepatitis-e-hong-kongs-first-case-year

[2026-05-16 19:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Texas hospital to launch youth ‘detransition clinic,’ fire doctors in $10M settlement over transgender treatments

Snippet: The largest children’s hospital in the United States will create the country’s first “detransition ‌clinic” to undo gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth and fire five doctors who performed the procedures to settle a joint investigation by the state and President Trump’s administration.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/texas-childrens-hospital-to-open-detransition-clinic-fire-doctors-over-transgender-treatments/

[2026-05-16 19:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Call for more meningitis vaccines after teen dies

Snippet: A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99lg2d4r84o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-05-16 18:01 UTC+10:00] [History books] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression

Snippet: The acclaimed author and poet talks about her new book, telling the true stories of patients at a derelict Victorian psychiatric hospital – a place in which she might have found herself at a different time

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/16/im-so-grateful-i-got-to-live-these-days-a-ghost-in-the-throat-author-doireann-ni-ghriofa-on-recovering-from-depression

[2026-05-16 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: One month into a ceasefire in name only, Israel's strikes are hitting even deeper into south Lebanon | The National

Snippet: Four migrant workers from Bangladesh, two municipal workers, two young Syrians refugees on a motorbike and one paramedic: in only a few days, their bodies have been brought to the Nabih Berri Governmental Hospital in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/05/16/one-month-into-a-ceasefire-in-name-only-israels-strikes-are-hitting-even-deeper-into-south-lebanon/

[2026-05-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Belly fat may accelerate brain aging, major Israeli MRI study finds

Snippet: A groundbreaking long-term MRI study at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheba shows that lower accumulation of abdominal (visceral) fat is linked with a significant slowing of brain atrophy, preservation of key brain structures, and better cognitive performance in late midlife – independent of weight loss.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/exercise/article-896214

[2026-05-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Mothers can protect babies from gum disease before birth, Hebrew University study finds

Snippet: You may have brushed your baby’s teeth even before it was born.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/parenting/article-896216

[2026-05-16 16:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AfricaNews

Title: Fear as health officials raise alarm over new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Snippet: People in the town of Rwampara in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fearful as health officials raise the alarm over a new outbreak of Ebola.

Read full article: http://www.africanews.com/2026/05/16/fear-as-health-officials-raise-alarm-over-new-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo/

[2026-05-16 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Jenin refugee camp

Snippet: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern occupied West Bank.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-jenin-refugee-camp

[2026-05-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Today in Korean history

Snippet: 1973 -- North Korea joins the World Health Organization. South Korea acquired membership in 1949.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260516000500315

[2026-05-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO

Snippet: Exclusive: Commission says alert would trigger coordinated international response that could help avoid millions dying

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/16/who-should-declare-climate-crisis-global-public-health-emergency-experts-say

[2026-05-16 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Man in his 70s dies after falling on board bus in Hong Kong

Snippet: Emergency personnel took man to hospital, where he was certified dead

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3353793/man-his-70s-dies-after-falling-board-bus-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-16 13:59 UTC+10:00] [KMB] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Man in his 70s dies after falling on board bus in Hong Kong

Snippet: Emergency personnel took man to hospital, where he was certified dead

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3353793/man-his-70s-dies-after-falling-board-bus-hong-kong

[2026-05-16 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Making Hong Kong home for mainland Chinese students a work in progress

Snippet: Readers discuss ways to build a sense of belonging for talent retention, plans to extend MTR South Island line, and a teacher’s role in supporting mental health

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3353628/making-hong-kong-home-mainland-chinese-students-work-progress?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-16 13:30 UTC+10:00] [MTR South Island line] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Making Hong Kong home for mainland Chinese students a work in progress

Snippet: Readers discuss ways to build a sense of belonging for talent retention, plans to extend MTR South Island line, and a teacher’s role in supporting mental health

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3353628/making-hong-kong-home-mainland-chinese-students-work-progress