Ambulances are parked outside a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. Constant Same Bagalwa/AP hide caption toggle caption Constant Same Bagalwa/AP The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. However WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
An intense and prolonged heatwave has been causing misery for millions across Pakistan and India. In southern Pakistan throughout April and May, temperatures have risen far above seasonal norms. In Sindh, daytime temperatures have frequently crossed 44C to 46C, forcing residents indoors during peak afternoon hours and severely affecting outdoor labourers, transport workers and farming…
For years, it has fallen to me and my sister to take my mother on holiday. Now, she has a big birthday coming up and wants me to arrange a trip abroad. I have three other siblings, who have never taken her on holiday, so to prod them into action I spoke with one of…
Dear Carolyn: My husband, “Ty,” woke up one Tuesday and decided that after 12 years of marriage and 16 years of being in a relationship, he just didn’t want to be married anymore. He said he wasn’t in love with anyone else but he wasn’t in love with me. He wanted a break from parenting…
I have learned so many things over the past 10 years: shrinking myself serves no one, but sharing my light does; family isn’t defined by outward appearance, only love and understanding; and, most importantly, it’s never too late to choose a new path — even when it feels scary. As for music, I’m standing at…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern”. The WHO on Sunday said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency. The UN health agency said 80 suspected deaths, eight…
A Kansas judge has temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors in the state. The state district judge Carl Folsom III granted an injunction requested by the parents of two teenagers who want to continue gender-transition treatment with medicines. Folsom’s decision halts the enforcement of a recently approved state law that banned such…
WASHINGTON — Add-on durvalumab (Imfinzi) reduced the number of early high-risk disease recurrences within the first year in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), according to new analyses from the POTOMAC trial. The phase III study showed that in that first year, 16% of 339 patients who received durvalumab plus bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) induction…
A Canadian who was a passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Saturday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The individual, whose identity officials did not disclose, was hospitalized Thursday along with…
Ambulances are parked outside a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. Constant Same Bagalwa/AP hide caption toggle caption Constant Same Bagalwa/AP Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are concerned about an Ebola outbreak in the country’s Ituri province. There are already hundreds of suspected cases, including one that crossed the…
