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At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age. Another 19-month-old, Freya Baudoin, born prematurely at 28 weeks and delayed in her mobility, has finally taken her first step.

By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has fired Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Lieutenant General Collin Barry.

…warns Zambians may resort to civil disobedience if the UPND continues to breach the Constitution with impunity in a bid to cling on to power even when they are unwanted

By NATION REPORTER

THE Patriotic Front (PF) says the UPND is conniving with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to cause chaos and anarchy in the country by continuing to breach all electoral laws which on Tuesday saw the rejection of all candidates of the former ruling party after they had successfully filed their nominations.

By NATION REPORTER

THE Catholic Church in Zambia has declared that it shall not allow same sex marriage in Zambia because the abomination was not only an act of grave depravity but against the teaching of the Church and against natural law.

…Dingani Banda, Zambia’s taxman expounds challenges in collecting tax, but confident at meeting targets as evasions, loopholes are being sealed

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

ZAMBIA is literary bleeding as a result of tax evasion, particularly in the area of Value Added Tax (VAT) because of  ,among other reasons, high levels of noncompliance and ineficiency in revenue collection,  which has never gone beyond 20 percentby, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has said.

Sales of emergency contraception are estimated to rise by around 10% in the US in the week after the New Year holiday, suggesting that this period is associated with increased risks of unprotected sex compared with other holidays, finds a study published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Christmas desserts from “The Great British Bake Off” are more likely to use ingredients that are associated with reductions, rather than increases, in the risk of death or disease, suggests research published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Being born after assisted reproductive technology (ART) is not associated with higher body mass index (BMI) at age 5 to 8 years, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in PLOS Medicine.

In the not-so-distant future, people might be able to tune in to their favorite news source for an update on their community health status, just as they check on the local weather forecast.

For a cohort of veterans, disparities in preoperative life-sustaining treatment (LST) documentation rates persist based on race and ethnicity, rurality of residence, and history of mental health disability, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in JAMA Network Open.