As a doctor and surgeon in Tonga, I visited provincial hospitals and saw patients battling infections that no longer ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s estranged sister has publicly accused him of being a longtime drug addict whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to problems in his governance including ...

A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere need to join the fight.

In October, three major hospitals in Samar and Leyte asked patients to stop coming to their emergency rooms. North Samar’s Provincial Hospital was “in chaos” (Philippine News Agency, Oct. 27); the ...

The WHO’s 2025 Western Pacific agenda focuses on harnessing AI, strengthening hypertension and surgical care, and ...

Undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension remains one of the most important preventable causes of heart attack, stroke, chronic kidney disease, and dementia. In 2024, an estimated 1·4 billion people ...