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Newest first · UTC+11:00Patients lead urgent call for PhilHealth Z Benefit Package for lung cancer
EVERY day without a dedicated PhilHealth Z Benefit Package for lung cancer means more Filipino families face delayed diagnosis, interrupted treatment or catastrophic medical debt.
· The Manila Times
Why won’t Chile let China’s military hospital ship give medical aid?The vessel has sailed into Valparaiso’s waters as the geopolitical winds shift in the western hemisphere.
The vessel has sailed into Valparaiso’s waters as the geopolitical winds shift in the western hemisphere
· Laura Zhou
Meet Amielynn Abellera, who plays Perlah Alawi in HBO Max’s The Pitt
The Filipino-American actress – who grew up in a family of medical practitioners – shares a daughter with her partner, Anastasia Coon
· Ishani Sarkar
Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.
Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot
Veteran actress Odette Khan hospitalized, family appeals for help
MANILA, Philippines — Veteran actress Odette Khan remains hospitalized as her family appeals for financial assistance to help cover mounting medical expenses.
· Iza Iglesias
Power disrupted at Flinders Medical Centre during storm
Flinders Medical Centre experienced a power disruption this morning. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/josephine-lim/13906030
Sydney celebrates Mardi Gras parade
Around 10,000 people are marching in the 48th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney tonight.Thousands more will line the streets of Sydney as the harbour city becomes a sea of colour and bling for the celebration that has become part of Sydney's culture.Around 170 floats are expected to take part in the par…
· Patrick Brischetto
South Africa starts mass vaccination program to halt foot-and-mouth outbreak
South Africa embarked on a mass vaccination of cattle on Friday to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that threatens to disrupt meat, dairy and livestock supplies and exports.
· AfricaNews
Palace denies Marcos in hospital, says 'he's well, healthy'
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is well and healthy, Malacañang said Saturday, dismissing rumors that the Chief Executive had been rushed to a hospital.
· Catherine S. Valente
Love starts at home: How family acceptance shapes the well-being of LGBTQ+ youth
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· jreyes0314
DOH pushes vape ban as PH falls behind region in campaign against e-cigarettes
MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Ted Herbosa sought to ban vape products, saying the Philippines is falling behind other Southeast Asian countries in the prohibition of e-cigarettes.
· Allen Limos
Researchers praise ‘stunning’ results of new prostate cancer treatment
Early trials of the drug VIR-5500 showed it shrinking tumours in some patients
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nicola-davis
Highly infectious disease circulating in Sydney as outbreak grows
Health authorities in Sydney admit measles is most likely circulating in the community after a person became infected despite not visiting any previous exposure sites.NSW Health confirmed a person in south-west Sydney contracted the highly infectious disease, but they do not know the source of that person's infectio…
· Patrick Brischetto
Breaking: Legendary three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva dead at 26
Makybe Diva and jockey Glenn Boss combined for three straight Melbourne Cup wins between 2003 and 2005. (Supplied: Victoria Racing)
Chinese gene-editing technique raises prospect of new autism treatments
Lab tests on mice given the treatment showed considerable cognitive and behavioural functions, new study says
· Dannie Peng
What neutralization means in Duterte’s drug war, according to sources
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· Jairo Bolledo
Max and Duncan sold everything to become nomads. Then came a grim diagnosis
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· April Glover
It’s not ‘all in your head’: women’s pain really lasts longer, study finds
Myth-busting findings that immune system differences cause chronic pain to persist longer for women highlight the need for better treatment
· Agence France-Presse
Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do singer and pop song hitmaker, dies aged 86
Musician died after being rushed to hospital in Los Angeles on Friday, with his family remembering him as a ‘true rock and roll legend’ and ‘inspiration to millions’
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sian-cain
Doctor fears condition on election promise could tank hospital plans
Dr Jerome Muir Wilson says the state government's condition prevents him from taking out a loan for the new hospital. (ABC News: Emily Smith)
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/emily-smith/9492290
'They raiding us': How nosy neighbour led police to $1b drug stash
The packaged drugs found in the Blaxland Road, Ryde apartment in 2023. (Supplied)
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/anton-rose/105260824
Life in prison for man who killed five in South Carolina home
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who authorities said was high on methamphetamine and hadn’t slept for days when he killed five people inside a home frequented by drug users was sentenced to life without parole Friday after pleading guilty to their murders.
· https://apnews.com/author/jeffrey-collins
South Africa rolls out vaccines to tackle foot-and-mouth outbreak
Cattle in the pen, at Karan Beef the country’s largest red meat producers, in Heidelberg, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
· https://apnews.com/author/mogomotsi-magome
Health insurance, inflation and federal funding cuts driving school budget increases
Vermonters headed to the polls on Town Meeting Day will cast votes on critical decisions around school district budgets and the future of small elementary schools, as property taxes and education reform remain top of mind for lawmakers and voters.
Doctors Without Borders among aid groups with just days left in Gaza
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/matthew-doran/5511636
Inside in the Mexican town where drug lord 'El Mencho' was killed – video dispatch
Fires are still burning in the Mexican town of Tapalpa four days after the cartel boss known as 'El Mencho' made his last stand.
Billy Gillispie won't return as Tarleton State coach amid health issues
Tarleton State head coach Billy Gillispie reacts to a play in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Baylor, Dec. 6, 2022, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Rod Aydelotte, File)
Lawmakers add ID requirement to Indiana’s needle exchanges
Lawmakers will require people to show IDs to use Indiana’s needle exchange programs under legislation heading to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk.
‘As if the border never reopened’: Gaza patients die waiting under Israeli siege
Limited reopening of Rafah crossing leaves tens of thousands, including cancer and kidney patients, unable to access urgent care
· Middleeasteye
Residents of Congo city fear disease after mass graves discovered
Burundian citizens who work in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and could not cross back into their home country due to fighting, cross the border into Burundi, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)
· https://apnews.com/author/ruth-alonga
India moves closer to dengue vaccine as final trials underway
NEW DELHI — As dengue surges globally, an Indian vaccine candidate has entered the final stage of testing, raising hopes for one of the world’s first single-dose shots against the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
· Agence France-Presse
Work health as a center of office strategy
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· Rea Celine Villa
Original ‘It Girls’ all set for a ‘reset’
Solenn Heussaff, Liz Uy, Isabelle Daza and Georgina Wilson — long regarded in fashion and lifestyle circles as among the country’s original “It Girls” — front Belo Medical Group’s “Belo Body Reset,” a physician-led weight management program that emphasizes individualized care.
· The Manila Times
Con solo 3 mujeres, una tribu amazónica afrontó la extinción. Un parto inesperado da nueva esperanza
En la imagen, proporcionada por la Funai, Babawru Akuntsu, arriba, descansa junto a Akyp, su hijo recién nacido, en el Hospital Regional de Vilhena, en Vilhena, estado de Rondonia, Brasil, el 9 de diciembre de 2025, un día después de su nacimiento. (Altair Algayer/Funai vía AP)
· https://apnews.com/author/gabriela-s-pessoa
Kaufman says his client killed no one. But Duterte said before that he did.
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· Jee Geronimo
Rising anger in Africa over 'lopsided' US health funding agreements
There is growing anger over a series of bilateral health agreements being negotiated between the United States and African countries.
· AfricaNews
Tribal citizens descended from slaves face disparate treatment
Marilyn Vann, president of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Tribes Association of Oklahoma City, testifies before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee about the status of the descendants of enslaved people formerly held by the Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole and Cherokee Nations, at the Capitol …
· https://apnews.com/author/savannah-peters
Living with hyperphantasia: ‘I remember the clothes people wore the day we met, the things they said word-for-word’
It’s hard to know what people can see in their own mind’s eye. But for Maddie Thomas there was no doubt: she had especially vivid mental imagery
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/maddie-thomas
Black fathers train as doulas to help address racial disparities in maternal health
From the moment he found out his wife was pregnant, JaKobi Burton went above and beyond to prepare. He took a class that teaches fathers-to-be how to provide physical, mental and even spiritual support up to and after childbirth. (AP video: Obed Lamy)
· https://apnews.com/author/terry-tang
Shell-shocked and tense: inside the Mexican tourist town where ‘El Mencho’ made his last stand
Tapalpa deserted and scared by day of terror in which feared drug lord’s reign came to an end during military raid
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tomphillips,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/analy-nu-o
Agentes iraníes obstaculizaron la atención en hospitales llenos de manifestantes heridos
Esta imagen, tomada de un video verificado por The Associated Press, muestra a efectivos de las fuerzas de seguridad de Irán disparando en un patio en el exterior del Hospital Imán Jomeini, en Ilam, Irán, el 4 de enero de 2026. (UGC vía AP, archivo)
· https://apnews.com/author/sarah-el-deeb
Nottingham Forest turn to former Spurs head of medicine after team’s injury struggles
Geoff Scott appointed in medical department overhaul
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/matthughes
WATCH: PH arrests wanted foreign fugitive
An international fugitive and his companion are presented at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters on Feb. 27, 2026, for booking and arrest procedures after they were taken into custody the night before. Operatives from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) a…
· The Manila Times
[DECODED] Facebook posts exploit death of young girl to defend Duterte drug war, attack critics
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· clescudero0258
Court issues seven day detention order on ‘Podi Lassie’ - DailyNews
The Sri Lankan security landscape saw a major breakthrough this morning as Janith Madhusanka, the notorious drug trafficker and multi-count murder suspect widely known as ‘Podi Lassie,’ was successfully extradited from India and brought back to the island.
· Thushan Jayasuriya
Soham murderer Ian Huntley remains in hospital following prison attack
Soham double murderer Ian Huntley remains in hospital after being attacked by another inmate in a prison workshop.
· Sima Kotecha
ICC pre-trial: Kaufman questions case on high-value targets in drug war
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· Jee Geronimo
Prof. Mike Chan and Leigh Steinberg Launch "Concussion" Book at Super Bowl Brain Health Summit 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- European Wellness Biomedical Group, through its education division European Wellness Academy, is pleased to announce the official launch of "Concussion: The Hidden Trauma in Contact Sports and the NFL," co-authored by legendary NFL sports agent Leigh Steinberg and regener…
· PRNEWSWIRE
Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case
Electronics appliance maker Dyson has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against it by 24 migrant workers, who alleged they were subjected to forced and abusive treatment in a Malaysian factory making the firm's parts.
· Jonathan Head