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Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
Gaza's hungry children slide towards starvation as emergency treatments dwindle
Reuters, Published on 23/08/2025
» GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO — The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations (UN).
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strike kills children at clinic
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said eight children -- killed as they queued for nutritional supplements outside a health clinic -- were among 66 people who died in Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory Thursday.
Cancer warnings on booze face hurdles in US
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee to run the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, do not drink and have been outspoken about the dangers of alcohol.
Covid pills help Chinese cats beat deadly disease
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/01/2025
» Covid-19 antiviral drugs for humans are getting a new lease on life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that infects their feline companions.
Snack bars out, salmon in: US revamps 'healthy' food labels
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States has redefined what qualifies as "healthy" food for the first time in 30 years, striking items like white bread from the list while welcoming nutrient-rich options such as eggs and salmon, officials said Thursday.
Kratom now a $1-billion industry in the US
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/10/2024
» In Southeast Asia, people for centuries have chewed the leaves of the kratom tree — part of the coffee family — as a pain-relieving, energy- and mood-boosting remedy.
Hong Kong shoplifting up by almost 12%
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/07/2024
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police have logged a nearly 12% increase in shoplifting offences and said that some offenders could afford to pay but had acted on impulse as a way to deal with psychological problems.
Japanese firm looking into 76 supplement-linked deaths
Kyodo News, Published on 28/06/2024
» OSAKA, Japan - Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday that it is now looking into 76 more deaths linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements.
Japanese firm searched over supplement deaths
Reuters, Published on 30/03/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese health officials searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory on Saturday after the drugmaker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements using red yeast rice, an official said.