US has struck another alleged drug-smuggling boat, US Southern Command says
One person survived and two were killed, the military said, who were turned over to Costa Rican coast guard
· Robert Mackey
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Newest first · UTC+11:00UNICEF: 99% of foods marketed to Filipino children fail global health standards
MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that 99 percent of food products marketed to children fail to meet global standards, highlighting the need for stronger legislation to protect minors from aggressive promotion of foods and drinks high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats.
· Allen Limos
GLP-1 drugs are famously super effective — how that’s now messing up new drug trials
The GLP-1 PR has been a little too good.
· Emma Glassman-Hughes
Deputy state coroner finds rural doctor missed critical call in Indigenous death
The deputy state coroner found the doctor should have referred Brown for CT imaging in Dubbo well before she deteriorated. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
· Sbsaustralia
RFK Jr overstepped in declaring gender-affirming treatments unsafe, judge rules
Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration
· Roberttait
Ex-minister Gamboa targeted in Costa Rica’s first extradition to the US
For the first time in recent history, Costa Rica has extradited some of its citizens to the United States to face criminal drug-trafficking and conspiracy charges.
· Al Jazeera Staff
US says it struck alleged drug trafficking vessel in Pacific, killing two
The United States military has announced that it attacked another alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Deputy Minister ensures import of essential drugs from Iran - DailyNews
Health Deputy Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni stated that six essential medicines are currently being manufactured in Iran and the Government has formulated a plan to import them despite the prevailing conflict situation.
· damith
US prosecutors investigate Colombian President Petro’s alleged ties to drug traffickers, sources say
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro for alleged ties to drug traffickers, according to two people familiar with the matter.
· Associated Press
Woman's death at remote hospital deemed preventable by coroner
The woman died at the remote hospital in Lightning Ridge in 2021. (ABC News: Genevieve Blandin de Chalain)
· Genevieve Blandin De Chalain
Cigarettes are back! Hollywood is pushing a new generation to light up from coast to coast
Yes, you read that right – cigarettes are having a moment again. Just when it seemed we’d burned that bad habit to the ground, Hollywood — ironically part of the nation’s most health obsessed state — is lighting up again.
· Allison Lax
Hard-to-diagnose women’s disease is often dismissed, even by gynecologists — but can cause serious problems if left untreated
Dr. Sheeva Talebian is haunted by how long “we’ve conditioned women to believe that debilitating pain is normal.”
· Emma Glassman-Hughes
The people using AI for therapy – and the scientists trying to catch up
Australian researchers will spend the next two years building an AI model capable of providing safe and effective mental health support to young people, amid growing concerns that existing chatbots are fuelling delusions and isolating the most vulnerable.
· Angus Thomson
Weed is actually ‘rarely justified’ to treat anxiety or depression, says major scientific review
A little green might not be a cure for the blues.
· McKenzie Beard
Hawaii doctor who bashed wife’s head with rocks claims it was self defense in fought over her affair
A Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a hiking trail by bashing her head in with a rock claims he was acting in self-defense after they got into a fight over her cheating with a co-worker.
· Priscilla DeGregory, Emily Crane
‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ star Chuck Norris dead at 86 following medical emergency
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6 sent to hospital after Boston transit station incident
Law enforcement officials work a crime scene at the Forest Hills train station in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
How ‘Peaky Blinders’ addresses Arthur Shelby’s fate after Paul Anderson’s real-life drug bust
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.”
· Lauren Sarner
US prosecutors probe whether Colombian President Petro had ties to drug traffickers, sources tell AP
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks after voting during legislative elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
· Jim Mustian
Trump brags he’s in better health than the Navy football team — and even got a doctor’s opinion
President Trump on Friday argued he’s healthier than the Navy championship football team and got his former White House doctor to agree.
· Emily Goodin
Could UK’s deadly meningitis outbreak spread to the US? Here’s what experts say
This week, Southern England was rocked by what health officials called an “explosive” wave of meningococcal meningitis infections that resulted in 11 “probable” and 20 confirmed cases, including two deaths, according to the latest count from the UK Health Security Agency.
· Emma Glassman-Hughes
US attack on alleged drug vessel leaves 3 survivors in eastern Pacific
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine walk to depart on Marine One with President Donald Trump from the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
K-pop drones and a golf-course kangaroo: photos of the day – Friday
View image in fullscreenCanterbury, EnglandStudents queue to receive vaccine and antibiotics at a University of Kent campus. The number of confirmed and probable cases linked to the county’s meningitis outbreak has risen to 29Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAShareView image in fullscreenBirmingham, EnglandSupplies are mo…
· Joe Plimmer
Children's ibuprofen recall: FDA issues notice for Taro Pharmaceuticals' product
The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
‘It all feels very natural’: Britain’s sauna boom heats up as people seek warmth of human connection
Evidence suggests saunas can boost heart health, but their real power may lie in bringing people together in an increasingly digital world
· Linda Geddes
Red Hot Chili Peppers Singer Anthony Kiedis Finally Explains Why He Skipped Bandmate Hillel Slovak’s Funeral in New Netflix Doc
If you’ve been a Red Hot Chili Peppers band from the early days, then perhaps you remember that front man Anthony Kiedis skipped the funeral of his band-mate Hillel Slovak, who died of a drug overdose in 1988. Now, in the new Netflix documentary The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel—which began …
· Anna Menta
Confusion abounds over future of US vaccine advisory committee
Former ACIP members make contradictory statements following judge essentially invalidating panel and recent decisions
· Melody Schreiber
Sports writer and photographer win Quill awards for work for Guardian Australia
Jonathan Horn scooped best sports feature prize for a series on AFL, while Chris Hopkins won for pictures of a cancer sufferer caring for her son
· Guardian staff
I’d never been a gym — then I got hit by a truck and became a powerlifting champion in my 60s
Some people describe an epiphany as having been “hit by a truck.” For Suzanne Luhr, this isn’t just a figure of speech.
· Emma Glassman-Hughes
South Africa's traditional circumcision claims dozens of young lives
At least 48 boys and young men died during recent initiation ceremonies in South Africa, among them 22-year-old Lamkelo Mtyho, who had no known health issues when he entered a registered school—but never returned.
· AfricaNews
Red faces at bureau after anti-drug advert sends opposite message
Viewed from certain angles, advert appeared to encourage drug use
· Lo Hoi-ying
China woman working away from home receives care package containing entire cow from parents
Cancer-suffering migrant worker stunned by butchered bovine delivery; worried mum arrives from hometown at same time, makes beef pies
· Fran Lu
Fitness influencer won’t face homicide charge after hubby found fatally stabbed on toilet in NYC home
A fitness influencer busted after his husband was found covered in blood in his Manhattan apartment won’t face homicide charges — even after the medical examiner ruled his spouse was fatally beaten and stabbed, The Post has learned.
· Kyle Schnitzer, Steven Hirsch
6 everyday things that may be messing with your testosterone
As the primary male sex hormone, testosterone is essential for maintaining libido, erectile function, bone density and muscle mass.
· Tracy Swartz
She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.
It’s difficult to put yourself in the place of Cherise Doyley, a pregnant mother of three who found herself facing a judge while in labor at the University of Florida Health hospital in downtown Jacksonville.
· Amy Yurkanin
Long before Trump: How US policy has harmed the environment for decades
Health and environment advocacy groups in the United States are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw a key 2009 climate change ruling known as the “endangerment finding”.
· Sarah Shamim
Better out than in: The surprising links between gas, fibre and exercise
My mother is the proudest farter I know, although my younger brother comes close. Ever since he was a young child, he has been able to fart rather musically, pumping out rhythmically to a vaguely familiar tune you can’t quite identify with a grin on his face, index fingers pointed to the sky while dancing a funny li…
· Dr Joanna McMillan
Is the Hong Kong government’s plan an answer to obesity or an eating disorder risk?
The proposed action plan includes the Education Bureau’s suggestion of school weigh-ins, which has sparked concern among dietitians, psychologists and NGOs
· Sumnima Kandangwa
Global drug giants double down on China amid trend to build self-reliant supply chains
Multinationals are building self-reliant supply chains in China to insulate local markets from potential trade disruptions, say analysts
· Julie Zhang
Russian blogger Ilya Remeslo who criticized Putin has been put in psychiatric facility
A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has been placed in a psychiatric facility, the hospital said on Thursday.
· Reuters
‘Intimate touch therapists’ spark China debate for using sensory objects, hugs to help clients relax
Crossing boundaries debate rages as new treatment sees partially clothed stressed-out clients hugged, touched with feathers
· Zoey Zhang
Man found guilty of killing passenger during drug-fuelled road trip
A Supreme Court jury has found Samuel Liszczak (pictured) was killed by Tyronne Russell. (Supplied)
· Charles Rushforth
Epworth releases details of hospital review after surgeon allegations
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· Antonia Oflaherty
Former childcare worker jailed for indecent treatment of child
Arvind Ajay Singh has been found guilty of indecent treatment of a child but not guilty of rape. (ABC News: Madeline Grace)
· Madeline Grace
Judge rules the government overreached with transgender health care declaration
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks during the Take Back Your Health Tour event at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Lawyer crashes car en route to library after smoking joint
A Melbourne lawyer could be banned from practising as a solicitor after pleading guilty to a raft of drug and driving offences including smoking a joint before crashing his car on the way to the local library.
· Erin Pearson
Teen happiness falls in western countries as social media hours rise
The happiness report links high social media use to a decline in wellbeing in young people. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
· Shari Hams
Major medical body asks charity watchdog to take over and end dysfunction
One of Australia’s largest medical colleges has asked the charities watchdog to urgently dissolve its board just hours before members were due to begin voting on whether to oust the body’s sitting president.
· Angus Thomson
Landmark trial against Meta highlights mental health risks for children
A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)
· Morgan Lee
Three flight attendants taken to hospital after Delta flight hits severe turbulence on descent into Sydney
Flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered patch of rough air shortly before landing in Sydney, leaving four crew injured
· Luca Ittimani, Natasha May