Health news today is marked by grief, uncertainty and the strain on public systems. In England, a passenger train collision near Bedford has left at least one person dead and dozens injured, with emergency crews still piecing together what went wrong. In eastern Congo, mourners buried a six-month-old Ebola victim under strict safety protocols, the third child linked to an orphanage to die in the latest outbreak, underscoring how fragile containment remains. Elsewhere, questions over institutional reliability surfaced after India’s testing agency said a technical glitch caused a Nagpur student’s NEET re-test centre to be assigned in Abu Dhabi, though officials also point to account activity during the correction window. The day also brought losses in culture: sitcom giant James Burrows, whose work helped define modern television comedy, has died at 85, and Sixpence None the Richer bassist Justin Cary has died at 50 after a stroke.