Chinese authorities are investigating a hospital over an incident where a surgeon allegedly punched the patient he was operating on at the time. It was captured in a clip that…
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Ireland: Selling of vapes to under-18s outlawed
A new law banning the sale of vapes to under-18s will come into effect in the Republic of Ireland on Friday. The order signed by Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly…
India: Authorities ban anti-cold drug combination for children below four
India’s top drug controller has banned the use of a combination of drugs in children below the age of four to treat common cold. The ban comes in the wake…
Gambia: Authorities issue health alert over blowing dust
Health authorities in The Gambia have issued a public alert following days of widespread dust in many parts of the country, including the capital Banjul. In a statement, the health…
Uganda: Beef products banned to curb anthrax outbreak
The Ugandan authorities have banned the sale of beef products in an effort to stop an anthrax outbreak spreading from Kyotera district in the central region. At least 17 people…
UK: Ex-PM Boris Johnson denies allegations that he wanted to let COVID ‘rip’
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Britain’s COVID-19 inquiry that any suggestion he wanted to allow the virus to “let rip” was “completely wrong” and hit out at “absolutely…
New Zealand: Māori communities mourn loss of hard-won smoking reform
When New Zealand’s new government announced it was scrapping the country’s world-leading tobacco laws, it came as a particularly hard blow to Māori people. With the Indigenous community having the…
Kenya: Four women receive settlement in forced sterilisations case
Four women in Kenya have each been awarded $20,000 (£16,000) in damages for being sterilised without their informed consent. The women fought a nine-year legal battle – and their names…
Cameroon: Health Minister battles nationwide malaria vaccine scepticism
Cameroon’s Health Minister Dr Manaouda Malachie has urged the population to trust the government’s health policy, amid growing scepticism over the malaria vaccines which arrived the country nine days ago.…
Uganda: Seventy-year-old woman gives birth to twins
A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following IVF treatment. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at a fertility centre in the capital, Kampala. Ms…