Photo: Children running on a school running track (file image)
Health & ScienceOne in four teenagers worldwide had no active day in a week, WHO warns, with Filipino teens among the least active
A World Health Organization analysis of more than 3.2 million adolescents in 140 countries finds about 240 million young people reported no day with an hour of moderate-to-vigorous activity.
Photo: A polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan
Pakistan NewsPakistan begins week-long polio campaign today, aiming to vaccinate nearly 24 million children in 97 districts
Pakistan’s sub-national polio vaccination campaign runs from 2 to 8 November, targeting nearly 24 million children under five in 97 selected districts with more than 200,000 frontline workers, days after the country confirmed its eighth polio case of 2026.
Photo: Medical supplies being delivered in Ebola-hit Beni, North Kivu, DR Congo
NewsEbola deaths pass 5,000 in DR Congo in the country’s deadliest outbreak on record
Health ministry data released on Saturday showed 5,026 people have died among 10,351 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, making it the country’s deadliest ever and the second-deadliest in history, with health officials warning containment is still falling behind the spread.