ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan — As the Holy Week draws near, the city government of Alaminos is intensifying preparations for an expected surge of pilgrims and tourists heading to the Hundred Islands National Park, even as global tensions in the Middle East continue to drive fuel prices upward. Widely recognized as home to 124 islands and … Read more
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms. She’s desperate for information, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a critical source of urgent analyses of the flu and other public health … Read more
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s universal public health insurance scheme is facing risks of default in 2026 after a projected 20 trillion rupiah ($1.2 billion) deficit last year, with soaring claims outstripping contributions and the government unlikely to hike premiums. The situation is threatening services for millions of patients across Southeast Asia’s largest economy, who have become … Read more