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THE Zambia Metrological Department says some parts of the country will tomorrow July 11 to 16 expected to experience light rains. In a weather advisory issued, the department says a strong high pressure system over southern South Africa will be advecting a strong, moist and cool airflow from the south east over most parts of […]

…as both Obvious Mwaliteta of the UPND and Raphael Nakacinda of the PF disown cadres who have been mounting illegal checkpoints and extorting money from marketeers and bus drivers

By NATION REPORTER 

A FEUD has erupted over rogue cadres mounting illegal checkpoints in Lusaka and extorting money from motorists, marketeers and bus drivers.

UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Lusaka Province chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta says Patriotic  Front (PF) cadres have regrouped and are allegedly harassing and extorting money from bus drivers and traders in Lusaka. Mr Mwalita claims the PF cadres are allegedly committing the illegalities under the guise of being UPND. He said areas such as Kamwala […]

A study of hospitalized persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) found that acute kidney injury (AKI) did not predict worsening of kidney function trajectory once difference in pre-hospitalization characteristically were fully accounted for. Instead, the authors suggest that much of determinants of faster kidney disease decline observed after AKI may already be present before AKI. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

It might seem like sunshine, vacation and time spent with family and friends will bring you happiness this summer.

Bacteria found in 74 kitchens spread among five European countries were mostly harmless according to new research published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

A unique collaborative study on hospital clinician well-being by teams at 60 of the nation’s best hospitals, defined by Magnet Hospital Recognition, was published today in JAMA Health Forum. The study found that physicians and nurses, even at hospitals known to be good places to work, experienced adverse outcomes during the pandemic and want hospital management to make significant improvements in their work environments and in patient safety. The solutions to high hospital clinician burnout and turnover, they say, are not resilience training for clinicians to better cope with adverse working conditions, but organizational improvements that provide safe workloads and better work-life balance.

New research has discovered neurons within the brain that detect and respond to changes in the level of sugar within the bloodstream.

People suffering from sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to survive if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AED) are used as soon as possible. However, in an out-of-hospital setting survival rates are low, due to delays in care and low uptake of bystander CPR and AED use. Alerting nearby volunteers of the need for help when a person in the community goes into cardiac arrest increases rates of bystander CPR and defibrillation and improved survival rates, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Why does an all-powerful, all-loving God permit suffering?