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ZAMBIA’s Ambassador to the United States of America Chibamba Kanyama has presented his Letters of Credence to President Joseph Biden. During the ceremony at the White House in Washington D.C. to accept his Letter of Credence, President Biden said the United States and Zambia have enjoyed decades of friendship, and relations between the two countries […]

In people with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), a usually benign form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the body produces too few functional blood cells. Affected individuals suffer from anemia—a lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin—which can be a precursor to acute leukemia.

EPFL scientists have developed ClearTau, an innovative method and platform for reconstructing aggregates of the protein Tau found in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. The breakthrough may speed up the development of diagnostics and targeted therapies for Tau-related disorders.

If the face mask fits, it’s much safer—say Flinders University medical experts after developing a low-cost way to customize N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) for health workers on the front line of the pandemic and respiratory viruses such as influenza.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a complex and debilitating metal illness. Given its complex and widespread nature, MDD has been a subject of intense medical research. Previous studies have found associations between MDD and abnormal cortical folding in the brain, but a reliable physiological indicator has remained elusive.

ONCE again, road safety has come under the spotlight following a horrific accident involving a bus and a train in Muchinga Province. Regrettably, six people are reported to have died in the accident whose cause is still being determined.

A reduction in the amount of time spent physically active when adults are over sixty years old is linked to lower quality of life, a Cambridge study of almost 1,500 adults has shown.

BY RUTH YAMBAYAMBA

PARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni speaking people has commended Government for the local fertilizer production as this will cut on the high cost of the commodity.

A collaborative group led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Division of Clinical Pathology & Molecular Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH), have published their findings on the clinical importance of the Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) in delivering a Precision Cancer Medicine service.

Researchers from University of Sydney set out to discover which common attention hacks really work. They found a 5-minute break from thinking is all you need to get your concentration back. There is no need for a walk along a river, or a lengthy video of bamboo forests swaying in the wind (although that could be nice). A five-minute total break will do the trick.