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The global diabetes rate has doubled since 1990 from around 7 per cent to 14 per cent, the study suggested. File photo: Reuters

More than 800 million adults have diabetes globally, many untreated: study

The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past 30 years.

Editorial | Zhuhai horror shows need for measures to prevent recurrence

Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu

Israeli air strikes on northern Gaza kill 30, 13 children

Dozens of people were killed and wounded in an Israeli strike on Jabilia on Sunday, as footage of the dead circulated on social media.

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Jabilia in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

US-China ties in ‘more challenging place’: Singapore’s PM Wong

The two major powers have ‘consequential decisions’ that they will have to make with consequences on the future global order.

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Hong Kong to offer free HPV vaccinations to young women in cervical cancer fight

Two-year scheme aims to provide catch-up jabs for 190,000 people born between 2004 and 2008 who were left out of main vaccination round.

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‘A Diwali nightmare’: pollution crisis grips India after firework celebrations

Air quality experts say the surge in air pollution following the festival is leading to increased respiratory issues and hospital admissions.

A fireworks display is seen over the city skyline as part of the ‘Diwali’ festival celebrations in Mumbai on November 3. Photo: AFP

Israel carried out ground raid into Syria, seizing Syrian connected to Iran

Israeli military said the operation that captured a Syrian spy for Iran took place ‘in recent months’.

Pakistan shuts primary schools in Lahore over record pollution

The air quality index exceeded 1,000 on Saturday, above the 300 considered ‘dangerous’, according to data from IQAir.

New Delhi engulfed by smog after firework ban flouted

Revellers defied a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, which helped drive air quality to hazardous levels.

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Smoggy conditions after Diwali, in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: AFP

Climate change is disrupting people’s sleep as nights get warmer

Rising temperatures, drought and heavy rainfall are increasingly impacting people’s health, according to a Lancet study.

A lack of sleep negatively affects attention span and quality of life. Photo: Shutterstock

Suffering in silence: how elephantiasis stole this mother’s life in India

As her leg swells and her spirit dims, Sunita’s story reveals the harsh realities of living with a neglected tropical disease in rural India.

Israeli forces kill 38 people in Khan Younis, storm north Gaza hospital

The escalation came amid new US push for a ceasefire deal, with negotiators meeting in Doha in the coming days to try and restart talks.

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Hong Kong must promote responsible drinking if it cuts liquor tax: lawmaker

While Simon Lee notes trade benefits, former assistant director of health Dr Regina Ching says relaxing liquor tax will be ‘regressive’ for city.

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The Hong Kong government is considering cutting the liquor tax for drinks with an alcohol content above 30 per cent. Photo: Shutterstock

China aid agency commits emergency medical supplies to Lebanon amid conflict

On Tuesday, Israeli military says it killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the logistics commander of Hezbollah’s Beirut Headquarters.

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In Lebanon, displaced people live in a carpark in Sidon. China has pledged to send medical supplies to Lebanon amid increasing conflict in the Middle East. Photo: Xinhua

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaks

The 265,000 doses donated by the EU and US were rolled out on Saturday. DR Congo has reported 30,000 suspected mpox cases and 859 deaths.

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

More than 800 people across Africa have died from mpox, with the head of Africa CDC saying the epidemic is ‘not under control’.

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Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus

The highly contagious virus is a deadly haemorrhagic fever with no authorised vaccine, fatal in up to 88 per cent of patients.

A health worker in protective clothing peers out from behind barriers marking an isolation ward for victims of the deadly Marburg virus. File photo: Reuters

Opinion | Gaza polio case a wake-up call for the world

Creating conditions where routine health interventions cannot be delivered, as is the case in Gaza, risks disastrous consequences.

‘Change is coming’: Malaysia pushes paid-for medical services, sparking concern

While the government argues it needs to generate income to meet future needs, critics warn of compromised care and a widening gap in service quality.

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Malaysia reports new mpox case in man who had not travelled abroad

Last month, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years.

Members of staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport monitor passengers’ body temperature using a thermal camera on August 28. Photo: Xinhua

129 dead in shocking Democratic Republic of Congo jailbreak

The incident, which involved gunfire lasting several hours, also saw injuries, rapes and damage to the prison.

A failed jailbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s overcrowded Makala prison left 129 dead, many injured, and caused significant damage. Photo: Shutterstock

As Gaza hostage deal nears completion, Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough

Biden’s comments come after the recovery of six hostages, including an American-Israeli, from a tunnel in Gaza.

11 killed in Israeli strike on school, Gaza officials say

The UN says most of dead are women and children. The school, sheltering displaced people, had a Hamas police outpost, a Gaza official said.

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Israel, Hamas set 3-day pauses in fighting for Gaza polio vaccinations, WHO says

Children in Gaza to get polio vaccinations after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory.

The mother of Palestinian boy Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan, who is the first person to contract polio in Gaza in 25 years. Photo: Reuters

WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission as outbreak spreads

The WHO said that mpox is transmitted between people mainly through close physical contact, but that more research was needed to understand how the outbreak is spreading.

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A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo. Photo: AP

Thailand confirms Clade 1b mpox case, second outside Africa

Thailand has detected 800 cases of mpox Clade 2 since 2022, but so far not detected a case of the Clade 1 or Clade 1b variants.

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WHO official says Mpox is not the new Covid-19

Mpox transmits through close physical contact, but unlike previous global pandemics such as Covid-19, there is no evidence it spreads easily through the air.

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