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Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu
The announcement means that the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
In aging South Korea, AI dolls are caring for the elderly
Authorities are providing AI care devices to seniors living alone, including in districts of Seoul and in Yongin, south of the capital.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Australian researchers teach brain cells to play Doom video game
Each so-called “biological computer” contains around 200,000 living human brain cells, grown from stem cells that were harvested from blood donations.
An HIV awareness poster displayed along a main road in Suva on April 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 6, 2026
‘Spreading like wildfire’: Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases
The government has declared an HIV outbreak and described it as a national crisis, as cases went up 26% in 2025 from the year before.
A heavily polluted day in Pai, Thailand, on Wednesday. Seasonal agricultural burning, forest fires and weather patterns produce an annual pollution season across much of Southeast Asia, but parts of northern Thailand are seeing haze that even hardened locals say is exceptional.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2026
Blood clots and burning eyes as pollution chokes north Thailand
By Chayanit ITTHIPONGMAETEE
The city of Chiang Mai has regularly topped the IQAir monitor website’s most polluted big cities list this week, with the situation even worse in the backpacker destination of Pai.
A researcher works in the vaccine laboratory of Panacea Biotec, a pharmaceutical company in New Delhi.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2026
India moves closer to dengue vaccine as final trials underway
By Uzmi ATHAR
Dengue, which causes severe flu-like symptoms and debilitating body aches, has exploded globally, fueled by rising temperatures and densely populated cities.
Pedestrians walk along an overpass as traffic snarls in Beijing on Feb. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2026
China has slashed air pollution, but the ‘war’ isn’t over
By Peter CATTERALL and Rebecca Bailey
In much of the country, the air remains dangerous to breathe by World Health Organization standards.
Airport health authorities wearing protective masks monitor passengers from international flights arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 29, 2026
Nipah virus fears trigger airport checks across Asia after India confirms two cases
By Rishika Sadam and Jatindra Dash
The virus, which is carried by fruit bats and animals such as pigs, can cause fever and brain inflammation ​and has a fatality rate of between 40% and 75%.
A family walks past the Akshardham temple, shrouded in heavy smog and air pollution, in New Delhi on Dec. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 2, 2026
Delhi’s worst air in years fuels anger in test for Modi’s party
In November and December, when pollution in New Delhi typically peaks, the air quality index was above 300 on 88% of days, the highest percentage since at least 2017.
An attendee at a longevity and anti-aging conference exits a cryotherapy chamber in Shanghai on Sept. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 9, 2025
In China, the dream of outrunning time
By Andrew Higgins
The search for the elixir of life, embraced with gusto in recent years by American tech billionaires like Peter Thiel, has been under way in China for more than two millenniums.

Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.
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