NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans judge ordered actor Shia LaBeouf to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation and set a $100,000 bond on Thursday after the film star was charged with two counts of battery over an alleged assault outside a bar during Mardi Gras.
Briana Fiore is an Adelaide-based reporter and visual storyteller, known for character-driven journalism. A 2021 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year, three-time Walkley finalist and former Andrew Olle Scholar, she has worked on Four Corners investigations and contributed to Australian Story and 7.30 in S…
American rapper Wiz Khalifa poses for a photo at the “Spinning Gold” file premiere at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Women living in the Brisbane suburb of Murarrie are dying 15 years younger than those in neighbouring Cannon Hill, according to new research mapping health outcomes across the city.
The U.S. State Department has lifted its "shelter in place" alerts for Americans after Mexican special forces, aided by U.S. intelligence, killed a top drug cartel boss, sparking cartel-related chaos across at least one key tourism town in the third-world country just south of the U.S. southern border.
Dolly Parton speaks to a audience gathered o celebrate the expansion of the Imagination Library of Kentucky at the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Thursday called on the private sector to partner with the state health insurer to fill in the gap of more than 4,000 Yakap (Yaman ng Kalusugan Program) health care providers across the country.
DENPASAR, Indonesia — An Indonesian court on Thursday handed lengthy jail terms to two men from the United Kingdom after they were found guilty of smuggling cocaine into the popular holiday island of Bali.
Diribe Welteji, of Ethiopia, wins her women’s 1500-meters semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
THIS year, EDSA People Power celebrates its 40th anniversary. It has been 40 years since the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was forced to exit Malacañang with his family under the protection of the United States, which facilitated their exile in Hawaii. Three years later, in 1989, Ferdinand Sr. expired from cardiac a…
RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij has met Mohammed ‘Dodi’ Assad, a five-year-old boy from the West Bank city of Ramallah, who has been battling acute blood and bone marrow cancer.
A Tunisian court on Thursday rejected demands to suspend operations at a fertiliser factory in Gabes, ruling there was "no sufficient proof of harm" despite years of protests blaming the plant for rising health problems in the community.
Authorities raid clinic in Cameron Commercial Centre on Hennessy Road after receiving tip-off that it is offering cell transplant treatment for hair loss
A Lagos coroner has initiated proceedings for an inquiry into the death of acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi's toddler son, who died on 7 January at a Euracare hospital. The author and her husband accused the hospital of medical negligence.
Cindy McCain plans to step down as World Food Programme executive director in three months, citing continuing health concerns following a mild stroke late last year.
Kenya began administering the first doses of lenacapavir—a groundbreaking twice-yearly HIV prevention injection—in a Nairobi slum on Thursday, offering new hope in the country's fight against the virus.
FILE- Executive director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain speaks with the Associated Press in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)
El rey Harald V de Noruega sale de la catedral de Notre Dame tras asistir al funeral del gran duque Juan de Luxemburgo, en Luxemburgo, el 4 de mayo de 2019. (Foto AP/Francisco Seco, archivo)
Norway’s King Harald, centre, leaves the hall after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of two members of Hamas, Muhammad Abu Jabal, and Fadl Al-Burdini who were killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
It was not an easy decision for Manal* to remove her two children from Unrwa’s health insurance. But it was a necessary one. Faced with a widening hole in her family’s budget, the English teacher at an Unrwa school in Jordan made a stark calculation: cut health cover or sink deeper into debt.
PhilHealth Vice President Walter Bacareza tells The Manila Times in an interview on Feb. 26, 2026 that the state health insurer is ready to partner with the private sector, noting that it has made reforms in payment to private hospitals. He also lauded The Manila Times for holding the health forum and partnering wit…
UAE rules aimed at preventing a monopoly on medical products in the country could reduce the cost of healthcare and reduce drug shortages, doctors have said.
Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the United States, warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.
Chaum, the premium medical center operated by CHA Hospital, has developed the country’s first cell booster utilizing mitochondria, the firm said Thursday.
Researchers in Uganda have discovered a complex network of animals feeding on bats infected with Marburg virus, for the first time capturing startling footage of potential spillover risks.
SKC said Thursday it will raise about 1 trillion won ($750 million) through a rights offering to accelerate growth in future businesses and improve its financial health.
The couple joined a World Health Organization delegation led by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a two day trip centred on mental health and conflict trauma. In Amman, they met children receiving treatment after being medically evacuated from Gaza and spoke with doctors dealing with long term injuries…
The health care sector largely welcomed government plans to change the current emergency transfer system for ambulances, though doctors remained skeptical saying more must be done to address shortages and legal issues.
MANILA, Philippines — The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte is expected to present evidence intended to prove that allegations against his anti-drug campaign were "rhetorical, politically motivated or selectively quoted" and dispute the number of victims and the scope of evidence presented by the pros…
SK Bioscience said Wednesday it has secured its first European Union-backed vaccine development project alongside German subsidiary IDT Biologika, marking a key milestone one year after the acquisition.
Fans of the hit noughties series will be delighted to see the original cast back at Sacred Heart hospital. But this reboot isn’t afraid to move with the times
A nine-month-old baby girl from Beit Shemesh died at the pediatric emergency department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center after choking, likely on a foreign object that blocked her airways, according to reports.