A 19-year-old Chinese giant panda, Chuang Chuang, has died at the Chiang Mai zoo in Thailand.

Giant pandas have a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years in captivity, causing social media users to criticize the zoo’s care of the animals. 

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said electronic cigarettes will be banned in India as it health risks among young people escalates.

Mr Sitharaman announced the ban would prohibit the production, manufacturing, import, export, sale, distribution and advertising of e-cigarettes.

Libra ad campaign showing menstrual blood for the first time on Australian TV does not breach the industry’s code of ethics according to regulators.

Over 600 complaints were made about the “disgusting” and inappropriateness of the advertisement.

A new study has found that anxiety drug Alprazolam is still being overprescribed and misused by Australians.

The federal government introduced a policy in 2017 to curb inappropriate use and prescription, but it has not had the desired effect, according to researchers at the University of New South Wales. 

Two wards at Redcliffe Hospital have closed following a norovirus gastro outbreak. 

The hospital admitted to treating a number of patients with gastro and are encouraging all visitors to make an extra effort to wash their hands upon arrival and departure. 

Local people with disabilities and carers in South East Queensland will attend a forum in Cleveland next Wednesday to call for urgent changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). 

Attendees will participate in a Q&A style panel to discuss what is working with the NDIS and where the scheme is falling down.

Ecuador’s parliament has rejected a bill allowing abortion in rape cases.

A toxic haze from forest fires in Indonesia is seriously affecting Borneo’s endangered orangutans.