The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that all infants under the age of 8 months be given a new antibody shot to help guard against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
FDA approves second OTC naloxone spray for suspected opioid overdose
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved RiVive, an over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.
MWALITETA OFF MARK
IT is wrong for the ruling United Party for National Party (UPND) to begin blaming its political opponents for the riots by some street vendors in Kabwe on Tuesday.
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Antibody-based therapies may be effective in fight against influenza B
With a new flu season upon us, scientists have been testing new ways of fighting the deadly disease with antibody-based therapies—and they’ve discovered that this approach may be effective in combating influenza B.
‘They got more than me!’ The brain circuit for socially subjective reward valuation
Although you might never have consciously considered it, it’s very likely that when you receive a reward, part of the value that you place on it depends on what other people have received as similar rewards. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Japanese researchers have identified an important brain circuit for this specific process.
Reducing ‘eco-anxiety’ is a critical step in achieving any climate action
We all have times when we feel anxious about our future; perhaps this is more acute for many people this summer, as we experience unprecedented wildfires and heat waves due to the warming climate. General anxiety intensifies climate or “eco”-anxiety.
What is palliative care? And how is it different to end-of-life care?
Although it is associated with dying, palliative care is an approach focused on improving quality of life—or how people feel about and respond to facing a life-threatening illness.
Influenza shows no seasonality in tropics, posing challenges for health care
In temperate climates, like North America and Europe, flu season starts in the fall, peaks in the winter and ends in the spring. While public health officials have generally assumed that influenza is also seasonal in tropical climates, new research led by Penn State has found little evidence of a repeatable pattern in influenza cases in Vietnam.
Disability in a pandemic—Africa’s forgotten families
In 2017, a road accident left Anna Nzioka with two fractures in her right leg. After a series of operations and physiotherapy, she has slowly learned to walk again, although with the aid of a crutch.
Economic court to determine DPP bid to have Milingo’s money forfeited
By GRACE CHAILE
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Division-High Court will proceed to determine the matter in which the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has applied for the forfeiture to the State of US$40 million dollars deposited in three accounts belonging to former KCM provisional liquidator, Milingo Lungu.
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