5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (264+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Indonesian agency responsible for the country’s free meals programme has temporarily closed nearly 2,000 kitchens for failing to register ​for hygiene checks, its chief said. Here are ‌some details: • The National Nutrition Agency suspended 1,999 kitchens across Indonesia…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (734+ words) DAKAR, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are using anonymised mobile-phone data to map population movements and identify areas where the virus could spread next, according to the World Health Organisation and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (305+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Nearly 800 Indonesians have fallen ill in separate incidents of food poisoning linked to the government’s free meals programme, a member of a ​parliamentary commission overseeing health said, including more than ‌500 students in East Java province this week....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) By Gradel Muyisa and Ange Kasongo BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Schools reopened this week in areas of Democratic Republic of Congo hardest hit by Ebola, after authorities decided the risk of transmission was outweighed by the risk…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (330+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – More than 500 students in Indonesia’s East Java were hospitalised with food poisoning suspected to have been caused by state-supplied meals, regional officials said on Wednesday, as the ​government works to reform the agency overseeing its ambitious free-meals…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (579+ words) By Mariam Sunny and Christy Santhosh Aug 25 (Reuters) – The personalized cancer vaccine being developed by Moderna and Merck has boosted hopes that mRNA technology could open up a new avenue of treatment, but the available evidence is still limited. Interim…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (113+ words) The Mighty 790 KFGO Health of Norway’s king deteriorates while in hospital, palace says OSLO, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The health of Norway’s ​King Harald, 89, has deteriorated during the weekend while in hospital, the royal ​household ⁠said in a ⁠statement on Sunday. Harald,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (179+ words) VATICAN CITY, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Pope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain ​the impact of an Ebola ‌outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,500 lives. The outbreak has spread rapidly…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (314+ words) SYDNEY, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a mammal, with the deadly virus found in a long-nosed fur seal ​in South Australia state. Australia has been grappling with ‌rising cases of the highly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (164+ words) PARIS, Aug 19 (Reuters) – France recorded 1,243 excess deaths between July 3 and July 22 ​when the country was hit ‌by exceptionally high temperatures, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday. • The count includes all deaths regardless of ‌their ​cause and is an ⁠estimate…...