Singapore Airlines flight returns to Changi, catches fire, no casualties

A Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) flight to Milan caught fire early on Monday after returning to Singapore's Changi airport following an engine oil warning message, but all passengers were safe, the airline and airport officials said. The aircraft's right engine caught fire after the aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, touched down at Changi airport at around 6:50 am (2250 GMT). Emergency services put out the fire and there were no injuries to the 222 passengers and 19 crew on board, a SIA statement said.

VW supervisory board backs endorsement of former top managers: source

Volkswagen's supervisory board on Tuesday stood by its recommendation that top management's actions be endorsed by shareholders, a person familiar with the matter said, even as German prosecutors launched a new probe against a current and a former top executive. Volkswagen's supervisory and management boards on May 11 recommended that shareholders ratify actions taken by the management board in 2015, since an investigation of the carmaker's emissions scandal had until then failed to uncover potential wrongdoing by senior managers. The two boards said at the time that the proposed resolution was based on the condition that management board members were not implicated in wrongdoing.

Novartis aims to nearly triple biosimilar drugs on market by 2020

KUFSTEIN, Austria (Reuters) - Switzerland's Novartis pledged to nearly triple its number of biosimilar drugs on the market by 2020, raising its bet that cheaper versions of blockbuster cancer and immune system medicines will snatch billions in rivals' profits.

London mayor plans negative body image advert ban on Tube, buses and trains

Adverts promoting negative body images will be banned across the Transport for London (TfL) network from next month.

Major weight-loss cancer trial starting

The first major trial to see whether losing weight reduces the risk of cancers coming back is about to start in the US and Canada.

Muhammad Ali remembered as boxer who transcended sports world

The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson's syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died on Friday at age 74. Ali was admitted to a Phoenix-area hospital, HonorHealth, with a respiratory ailment on Monday.

Canada to make plain packaging for tobacco products compulsory

Canada, following the lead of Britain and Australia, will make plain packaging of cigarettes compulsory in a bid to cut the rate of smoking, Health Minister Jane Philpott said on Tuesday. Although Canada already obliges firms to slap large graphic warning labels on cigarette packets, Philpott said more must be done, given that some 5 million of Canada's 36 million inhabitants still use tobacco products. "I don't believe tobacco companies should be allowed to build brand loyalty with children for a product that could kill them," Philpott told reporters.

Chronic Fatigue Patients Take to the Streets

(MedPage Today) -- Global protest highlights demands for more research, physician education

Sugar tax will 'hit poorest hardest'

The proposed sugar tax will "hit the poorest families hardest" and should be scrapped, the Taxpayers' Alliance says.

Docs Lack Skills to Care for Transgender Youth

(MedPage Today) -- More education needed, but empathy should be a given, experts say

The Latest: Kids fighting to live after lightning hits Paris

PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the lightning strike that electrocuted 11 people at a park in Paris. (all times local):

Exclusive: Sanofi to unveil challenge to Medivation's board - sources

(Reuters) - France's Sanofi SA is preparing to name candidates it will put forward to replace the entire board of U.S. cancer drug company Medivation Inc as early as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.N. says world must stand up for widely flouted humanitarian law

By Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.N. second-in-command Jan Eliasson said on Sunday it was necessary to stand up for international humanitarian law which was being disregarded, citing attacks on hospitals and "practically medieval" sieges on civilians in Syria and Yemen. "We have to stand up for international humanitarian law. Government and business leaders, aid groups and donors gather in Istanbul for the summit this week to try to develop a more coherent response to what U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has called the worst global humanitarian situation since World War Two.

Biotech Company and Patients Face Off to Gain Access to Their Genetic Tests

A Utah-based biotech company that had refused to let four patients access their full genetic information has reversed course, a day before the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint with the federal government on behalf of patients in general. Myriad Genetics provided the patients late Wednesday with genetic information they requested in February. The ACLU filed a complaint on Thursday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, calling on Myriad to release complete gene information to all patients whenever requested.

Australia's Starpharma, Ansell to supply anti-Zika condoms for Olympics

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian pharmaceutical company Starpharma Holdings Ltd said it is teaming up with world No. 2 condom maker Ansell Ltd to supply Zika virus-proof condoms to the Australian Olympic team ahead of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games.

Forces rehab unit opened to veterans

Veterans will now be treated at Headley Court military rehabilitation unit as well as serving personnel, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says.

Regeneron pain drug clears late-stage trial

(Reuters) - Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday its experimental drug to treat moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis pain was successful in a late-stage study.

Biden gets papal blessing for his global war on cancer

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took his crusade against cancer to the Vatican on Friday and heard Pope Francis call for an "economic paradigm shift" where medical research is dictated by need rather than profit.

Critics Call on FDA to Ban Concentrated Caffeine

Critics Call on FDA to Ban Concentrated Caffeine

Trial to 'prevent' diabetes starts

A major trial is set to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type-1 diabetes in children

Alonso should have been allowed to race: Dennis

By Alan Baldwin MANAMA (Reuters) - Aggrieved McLaren boss Ron Dennis says Formula One teams must decide whether a driver is fit to race, rather than the governing body's doctors, after Fernando Alonso was barred from the Bahrain Grand Prix. Spaniard Alonso failed a medical at the Sakhir circuit on Thursday after breaking ribs in a huge Australian Grand Prix crash. Belgian reserve Stoffel Vandoorne was drafted in but McLaren still tried to persuade the FIA to reinstate Alonso as late as Saturday.

Insurer Group to Pilot Program for Improving Doc Directories

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians in three states to participate in 6-month pilot

Burnout: Helping Nurses Help Themselves

(MedPage Today) -- Know the signs of burnout and intervene before the problem escalates

Myanmar's parliament elects Suu Kyi confidant as president

By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as president on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the first head of state who does not hail from a military background since the 1960s. Suu Kyi led her National League for Democracy (NLD) to a landslide election win in November, but a constitution drafted by the former junta bars her from the top office. It is the victory of my sister Aung San Suu Kyi," Htin Kyaw told Reuters after the vote.

China to start civilian flights from disputed South China Sea island

China will begin civilian flights to and from a disputed South China Sea island within a year, state media reported on Friday, as the government expands infrastructure on islands and reefs also claimed by other countries in region. The flights will be to Sansha city, on Woody Island in the Paracel archipelago, China's administrative base for islands and reefs it controls in the South China Sea. China claims most of the energy-rich waters through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.

LatAm women face 'lottery' accessing life-saving contraception and abortions: Amnesty

By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Access to potentially life-saving contraception and abortion can be a lottery for women and girls in Latin America, often depending on their ability to pay or the personal and religious views of a health worker, Amnesty International said on Monday. "Tragically, for women across Latin America, receiving life-saving medical treatment depends on the good will of a health professional or the depth of her pockets," Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty, said in a statement. Latin America has some of the world's strictest abortion laws, with seven countries imposing total bans on the procedure under any circumstances.

Maryland mom found not responsible in boy's death in swing

Romechia Simms, 25, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Charles County Circuit Court, said Tony Covington, the county prosecutor. Simms was ruled not to be a danger to herself or the community and was freed on a conditional release, Covington said.

Sheltered housing 'hit by benefit cuts'

Hundreds of planned sheltered accommodation units have been delayed or scrapped owing to proposed cuts to housing benefit, the BBC learns.

Email: Bacteria worries influenced Flint corrosion decision

Worries over bacteria led to the fateful decision not to apply anti-corrosive chemicals when Flint, Michigan, began drawing water from the Flint River, an email written by the city's former public works director says.

Record rise in 'NHS dissatisfaction'

The biggest-ever rise in public dissatisfaction with the NHS was recorded last year, according to a long-running survey.

U.S. panel reaffirms depression screening for adolescents

(Reuters Health) - Adolescents between 12 and 18 years old in the U.S. should be screened for depression, according to guidelines reaffirmed by a government-backed panel of prevention experts.