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…as the 2022 Auditor General reports reveals that K4m was paid to non-existent workers in the Ministry of Health  

THE United Health and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (UHAWUZ) has called on government to put in place comprehensive reforms in the Ministry of Health that would identify and remove ghost employees from its pay roll.

It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet –- a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table.

…as government reverts to Agro fuel Investment to maintain steady fuel supplies after Devon Oil Zambia, Puma Energy fail to access berth slots for their cargo ships to deliver fuel within their proposed timelines

By NATION REPORTER

GOVERNMENT is working at averting a fuel crisis in the country and has reverted to Agro Fuel Investment to supply petroleum products for October after a contract to Devon Oil Zambia Limited toSeptember could not be executed due of timeline limitations.

By NATION REPORTER

The National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) is broke and that is why it has resorted to auctioning its prime property to raise money for the financing of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project being undertaken by a Chinese consortium, Edith Nawakwi has said.

Whether people use cannabis to induce sleep, relieve symptoms or relax during downtime, a vehicle crash or accident at work could leave them in jail or the unemployment line. Frequent users can lose their jobs or face criminal charges, even if their last puff or gummy was days or weeks prior to an incident.

The quintessential female sex hormone estrogen stimulates cells that line blood vessels to deliver insulin to muscles, lowering blood sugar and protecting against type 2 diabetes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in Nature Communications, could eventually lead to new therapies for type 2 diabetes, a disease that affects hundreds of millions of people around the globe and continues to grow more prevalent.

Psychotic disorders affect around one in 100 people globally and are among the most severe mental health problems.

Asthma is one of the most common, chronic pediatric diseases in the United States, complicated by persistent disparities in care and outcomes. While hospital systems are determined to tackle this issue, researchers believe that the characteristics of a child’s neighborhood may be driving inequities in rates of early childhood asthma.

“You are what you wear” is actually true, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews. Led by researchers from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, the new study reveals, for the first time, scientifically, that a person’s eye color determines the color of clothing that suits them.

Better air quality monitoring techniques are needed to assess the acute impacts of pollution on people with asthma, new research by the University of Stirling has found.