Kenya’s pharmaceutical regulator has recalled an oral medicine used to relieve pain and fever in children, citing urgent safety concerns. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) said it had received…
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USA: One-year-old poisined by fentanyl kept under nursery nap mat
The fentanyl that killed a one-year-old child at a nursery in New York City was hidden in the nap room under a mat as he slept, police say. Nicholas Dominici,…
Japan: Tokyo cries fowl as China’s seafood imports drop by 67%
China’s imports of seafood from Japan slumped last month as Tokyo started to release treated waste water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. Imports of Japanese seafood fell 67.6%…
Uganda: HIV drugs given to pigs and chickens
Uganda’s National Drug Authority has admitted it knew HIV medicine was being used to fatten up animals in 2014 but did not warn the public. The regulator’s senior drugs inspector…
Mexico: Court decriminalises abortion across the country
Mexico’s supreme court has decriminalised abortion nationwide. The judgement comes two years after the court ruled in favour of a challenge to the existing law in the northern state of…
New Zealand: Plate-sized surgical tool left in woman’s abdomen for 18 months
A device “the size of a dinner plate” was left in the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she gave birth via a Caesarean in an Auckland hospital.…
Australia: Memorial for couple killed by wild mushroom draws hundreds
A memorial service in Australia for the couple who died after eating a mushroom beef Wellington cooked by their former daughter-in-law has drawn hundreds. Gail and Don Patterson were two…
Australia: Live worm found in woman’s brain
In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The “string-like structure” was pulled from the patient’s damaged…
Japan: Authorities to release treated water in 48 hours
Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite opposition from its neighbours. The decision comes weeks after the…
Sudan: Authorities to launch mass measles vaccination drive
Sudan’s health ministry says it will immunise children against measles across the country, where more than three million people have been forced from their homes since fighting began in April.…