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Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF—a frothy white fire retardant that is highly effective but now known to be toxic.

Sure, the end of summer vacation makes many kids groan. But many will also be cheering the return of fall sports. That’s a good thing, experts say.

By NATION REPORTER

 A JOINT team of officers from Kasama Municipal Council (KMC) and Zambia Police (ZP) yesterday removed street vendors.

The joint team swung into action as early as 03:00 and removed structures from the central business district.

The operation saw the destruction of all makeshift stands and structures in the town centre.

A check by the Daily Nation found police keeping vigil as they feared that irate vendors could conduct protests like their counterparts in Kabwe.

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More than 3 million reproductive-age females lack geographic access to centers capable of offering fertility preservation (FP) services, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in JAMA Oncology.

In a rural region of upstate New York, students attending schools embedded with nonprofit-run health clinics received more medical care, relied less on urgent care and missed less school, according to an analysis led by Cornell researchers.

There are no safe tobacco products. But different products have different levels of risk. Cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products are the most harmful, while products like e-cigarettes may be lower-risk alternatives for adults who already smoke.

Scientists have created a new way to provide valuable insights into how drugs are processed in the body and how the body responds to these drugs, in a single test.

By SHARON ZULU

INFORMATION and Communication University (ICU) Cyber Security and Forensic President, Obrian Mwanza, has appealed to Government to implement cyber security programmes in various universities.

Mr Mwanza said in an interview that doing so would assist in reducing cyber security threats in the country.

He said with the increased cyber related crimes, people needed to have vast knowledge on how this vice could be dealt with.

He said the potential risks associated with cyber-attacks had amplified with the increasing digitalisation of businesses and government services.

Mr Mwanza called on the government to ensure a robust cyber security strategy in universities to help maintain a continuity of operations and minimise the potential for costly interruptions.

“It will only be right if we have a lot of trained individuals for the science who can be experts in the field and enthusiastic of how impactful cyber security is as of today,” he said.

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News that four Australians and two Indonesian crew members have been found alive after going missing on Sunday from a boat trip off the coast of Aceh in Indonesia has made headlines around the world.

Imagine a steamy sex scene involving a woman and a man from your favorite television show or movie. It’s likely that both parties orgasm. But this doesn’t reflect reality.