Topic: Health — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Eli Lilly reported positive Phase 3 results for its next-generation obesity drug, retatrutide, which delivered weight-loss results on par with those of bariatric surgery.
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[2026-05-21 23:30 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenPrague, Czechia A US doctor, who was in contact with people infected with Ebola in Uganda, is transferred by a medical staff member in protective gear in a hospitalPhotograph: Petr David Josek/APShareView image in fullscreenMongbwalu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo A woman sits beside a relative believed to have died from Ebola at a hospital in the north-eastern Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.
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[2026-05-21 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The African Union and India have postponed the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled for next week in New Delhi, due to the “evolving health situation in parts of Africa”.
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[2026-05-21 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The attack entirely destroyed the building and left heavy structural rubble scattered across nearby narrow streets. By Thursday morning, personal household belongings, clothing, and children’s toys were visible mixed among the debris. While no fatalities were immediately confirmed, emergency and rescue teams extracted multiple injured civilians from the wreckage. The victims, including at least one individual reported to be in critical condition, were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah for emergency treatment.
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[2026-05-21 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Children’s cancer and epilepsy research will be prioritised in a long-awaited release from the nation’s unspent medical research fund, as the government moves to correct a chronic shortfall of investment in Australian research.
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[2026-05-21 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 21:58 UTC+10:00] [Ebola Virus] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal on Wednesday after it was denied permission to land in the United States because a passenger was from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is underway.
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[2026-05-21 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has faced mounting international criticism after its national security minister released a video showing detained Gaza flotilla activists kneeling with their hands bound following the interception of aid vessels in international waters.
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[2026-05-21 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With a registered population of 585, Huangtupo village in the city of Wuhan has reportedly had 62 residents diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia in recent decades.
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[2026-05-21 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 139 suspected deaths and 600 suspected cases have been recorded in DR Congo and Uganda, with numbers expected to rise
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[2026-05-21 21:15 UTC+10:00] [North Kivu province] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 139 suspected deaths and 600 suspected cases have been recorded in DR Congo and Uganda, with numbers expected to rise
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A worker carries out confiscated drugs from a warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan.15, 2003. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)
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[2026-05-21 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Eli Lilly on Thursday said its next-generation drug cleared a crucial late-stage trial in patients with obesity, delivering significant weight loss across doses.
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[2026-05-21 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Vadim Pokrovsky, one of the country’s leading experts on HIV/AIDS and a key figure in the Soviet and Russian response to the epidemic, has died at the age of 71, public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-21 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police seized cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, ketamine, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and tens of thousands of shekels divided into portions on Thursday morning. Two suspects, aged 52 and 28, were arrested in the seizure.
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Ebola] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceled
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[2026-05-21 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the latest outbreak of a rare strain of the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is a “public health emergency of international concern”.
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[2026-05-21 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Seven Herald reporters have been nominated as finalists for this year’s Mid-Year Walkley Prizes for journalism spanning investigations, crime, education, health, the arts and local government affairs, the highest of any masthead in Australia.
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Global health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With uncanny timing amid hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, a group set up by Nelson Mandela known as The Elders, met in Kenya to model a health emergency – and found much still needs to be done
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[2026-05-21 18:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A recent Ebola outbreak has killed more than a hundred people in Congo, and experts say there’s no vaccine for this strain. A vaccine exists for the more common Zaire strain, but the current outbreak is the Bundibugyo strain.
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[2026-05-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former health minister has proposed equalising capital gains levy with income tax, aiming for a ‘fairer’ UK wealth system
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[2026-05-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [Wes Streeting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former health minister has proposed equalising capital gains levy with income tax, aiming for a ‘fairer’ UK wealth system
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[2026-05-21 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Christopher "Bong" Go has been elected anew as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, following the latest Senate reorganization, placing him again at the head of the chamber panel that handles public health, medical, hospital and quarantine services, and population-related concerns.
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[2026-05-21 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Christopher "Bong" Go has been elected anew as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, following the latest Senate reorganization, placing him again at the head of the chamber panel that handles public health, medical, hospital and quarantine services, and population-related concerns.
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[2026-05-21 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Forty-four Spanish activists detained in Israel who were on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla are expected to be released to Spain via Turkey in a flight leaving at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said.
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[2026-05-21 17:07 UTC+10:00] [Economy & Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-05-21 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening in Geneva, Switzerland this week for the 79th World Health Assembly, where mental health is among the more than 75 agenda items that will be discussed.
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[2026-05-21 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain increases age window for breast cancer screening, Spanish director Almodóvar calls Trump, Netanyahu and Putin 'monsters', Rafa Nadal to launch Netflix documentary series and more news on Thursday May 21st.
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[2026-05-21 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: McColl innovatively combines baking and art, while the Hong Kong Cancer Fund has used art therapy to support patients and their families
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[2026-05-21 16:52 UTC+10:00] [Nils Fietje] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: McColl innovatively combines baking and art, while the Hong Kong Cancer Fund has used art therapy to support patients and their families
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[2026-05-21 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Doping in Sports
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[2026-05-21 16:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The federal health minister has thrown millions of dollars at trying to get the worst outbreak of diphtheria in Australia's recorded history under control.Mark Butler confirmed there have been 230 cases of the rare bacterial disease reported so far this year, with about 60 per cent being in the Northern Territory and the remaining in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.Almost half of the cases are occurring in adults aged between 25 and 44.
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rescue workers searched through collapsed buildings on Wednesday in the southern villages of Deir Qanoun al Nahr and Al-Maashouq, a day after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 19 people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. Bulldozers cleared concrete and twisted metal while emergency teams looked for bodies beneath the rubble in Tyre province.
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [medical subsidies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: NGO survey reveals 40 per cent of earnings go to rent as families struggle to raise children with special needs in cramped flats
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[2026-05-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday unveiled its vision to launch the Global AI Hub in the country aimed at bringing together the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of global organizations to address challenges, such as disease control and climate change.
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[2026-05-21 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said he was "appalled" by the treatment of aid flotilla members attempting to enter Gaza by Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir.
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[2026-05-21 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In the eastern Congolese town of Rwampara, silence hung heavy over the general hospital as healthcare workers in full protective suits carried bodies into disinfected coffins. The cries of grieving families echoed across the courtyard, where another chapter of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak unfolded in devastating fashion.
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[2026-05-21 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It arose out of a need for a short-cut across the narrow peninsula that straddled The Rocks and Millers Point.
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[2026-05-21 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 15:11 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Junior doctors at a Sydney hospital are furious after receiving a memo from their bosses that they characterise as a thinly veiled threat to their careers, and the suggestion that they’re not tough enough to work in the state’s healthcare system.
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[2026-05-21 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting has backed the introduction of a "wealth tax that works", as part of his pitch for the Labour leadership.
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[2026-05-21 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Children's health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Sexually transmitted infections are surging across Europe, with rates of syphilis and gonorrhea reaching record levels in 2024, according to the latest figures published Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 14:49 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Newcastle mother Joanne Jaworowski was informed by this masthead this morning that consular officials from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be visiting her son, who is detained in Israel, for a welfare check today.
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[2026-05-21 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Motor Neurone disease
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[2026-05-21 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-05-21 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 14:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-21 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Doctors struggle to stabilise the heart rate of the 47-year-old, who has been in a coma since 2022
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[2026-05-21 14:02 UTC+10:00] [Queen Mother Sirikit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Doctors struggle to stabilise the heart rate of the 47-year-old, who has been in a coma since 2022
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