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24 storiesKenya confirms first Ebola death after patient arrives from Congo via Uganda
Kenya’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo via Uganda was treated at Nairobi Hospital and died late Monday. Authorities placed K…
WHO and Russia say no further plague infections after Siberian lab worker's death
A female worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin, according to Russian authorities and the WHO. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said 60% of the identified contact…
Russia's industry ministry says Atarax supplies stable after pharmacy shortage reports
Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade said «Atarax» and other hydroxyzine-based medicines are being regularly and stably put into circulation, after reports on Telegram channels that the drug could not be bought in most large pharmacies i…
KFF poll finds Medicare for All support at 66% in US, highest since 2016
A KFF poll published Tuesday found 66 percent of U.S. adults support Medicare for All, the highest level since 2016, with 32 percent saying they strongly favor a single government health plan. Support was up about 13 points from 2020, but t…
Trump says Putin call scheduled soon on suspected Siberia plague case
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case. The case centres on Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician who died Friday in a hospita…
Apple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
Citizen Medical Lecture wins newspaper association's regional contribution grand prize
The Japan Newspaper Association selected the “Citizen Medical Lecture” run by Nishi-Nippon Shimbun Area Group Kitafukuoka for its 2026 Regional Contribution Grand Prize. Eleven newspaper sales outlets have held the lectures with doctors as …
MTS builds geopositioning network for Yandex autonomous transport on four highways
MTS has built a high-precision geopositioning infrastructure for managing Yandex’s autonomous transport, TASS and CNews reported, launched on the M-11 “Neva”, M4 “Don”, M-12 “Vostok” and Central Ring Road highways and in Moscow, St Petersbu…
Putin opens first battery cluster complex, urges localization in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of the first complex in a Moscow electric battery production cluster that Russia must increase battery output, improve technology and raise localization, including by developing mineral d…
RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI draws criticism from MAHA allies and medical experts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a MAHA summit that artificial intelligence would free Americans from “medical tyranny” by letting them “fact check their own medical advice.” Some prominent MAHA voices criticized him for cozying …
Rospotrebnadzor says Russia ready to help US fight infectious disease outbreaks
Russia's consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said Russia is ready to help the United States respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases, offering specialists, laboratory equipment and diagnostic and preventive supplies. The agency cite…
Kremlin: investigation under way after Irkutsk plague lab leak killed researcher
A female researcher at a plague control research institute in Irkutsk, Siberia, broke a test tube containing plague pathogen on Sept. 25, was hospitalised with severe pneumonia symptoms on Sept. 29 and died overnight on Oct. 1–2. Kremlin sp…
SEHA CLINICS becomes first in MENA to earn AACI endoscopy services certification
SEHA CLINICS, part of PureHealth, said it has become the first healthcare provider in the UAE and the MENA region to receive the American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) Endoscopy Services Certification. The certification, val…
Abu Dhabi hospital removes tumour in 81-year-old without stoma
SEHA said its Tawam Hospital in Abu Dhabi performed advanced laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery on an 81-year-old patient with distal rectal cancer and risk factors including obesity, cardiac disease and a pacemaker history. The tumour …
Four deaths at Incheon psychiatric hospital; health center issued corrective order only
Four patients died at a psychiatric hospital in Korea, and the public health center with jurisdiction over it responded with a corrective order only, according to Korean media reports published on 6 October. Kukmin Ilbo reported the institu…
South Korea tightens avian influenza measures as winter migratory birds arrive
A survey of 10 major migratory bird sites in South Korea from 25 to 27 September counted 57,036 waterbirds, confirming winter migrants have begun arriving, Yonhap reported. Duck-family birds, which are highly susceptible to highly pathogeni…
Korean doctors and parties seek rules after police search of pediatric ER
Police searched the pediatric emergency medical center at Ajou University Hospital on September 30 as part of an investigation into the July death of a five-month-old infant. The National Council of Medical School Professors and other medic…
Bureau 1440 unveils satellite terminal line, including compact concept
Russia's Bureau 1440, part of IX Holding, presented a line of subscriber terminals for its low-orbit satellite broadband service at the Digital Solutions forum. The serial 1440.ULTRA offers data rates up to 700 Mbit/s, while the 1440.MINI i…
Daegu council member urges action on pediatric night and holiday care gaps
Daegu city council member Ryu Jong-woo filed a written interpellation on Oct. 6 urging the city to fix regional gaps in pediatric night and holiday care. He said only six Moonlight Children's Hospitals are formally designated in Daegu as of…
Daejeon's Yuseong Sun Hospital opens critical care medicine department
Yuseong Sun Hospital in Daejeon said it has opened a critical care medicine department to handle patients needing intensive care, whether admitted through the emergency room or deteriorating during a hospital stay. The department is led by …