Taipei: Taipei prosecutors on Friday indicted Kuomintang (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Lee Fu Chung-wu and six others on corruption and document forgery charges over an alleged NT$9.77 million (US$306,000) assistant subsidy fraud scheme.

According to F…

Taipei: Adding a one-time test for a common stomach bacterium to Taiwan’s existing colorectal cancer screening program could generate societal benefits worth five times the cost while cutting gastric cancer deaths, a study led by National Taiwan Unive…

Tainan: The death of a one-year-old boy in Tainan while being taken care of by an unlicensed babysitter is under investigation. The babysitter, surnamed Lee, called police for help on Wednesday, reporting that the boy’s heart had stopped beating and h…

Taipei: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital has announced the creation of Taiwan’s first comprehensive gut microbiome database, spanning individuals from newborns to 93 years old. This innovative project maps the evolution of intestinal bacteria throughout a…

Taichung: The Taichung District Court on Friday ordered Central Union Oil Corp. General Manager Yu Ling-chung detained and held incommunicado after a higher court overturned an earlier ruling granting him bail in a tainted edible oil case. Yu is under…