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Ask the average American what their blood type is, and you will likely receive a blank look. For most people, blood type only becomes an issue if they need a blood transfusion. Beginning in the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, results from previous work published in Blood Advances suggested that people with blood group A (about a third of the U.S. population) seemed to be more vulnerable to infection with the novel coronavirus, while those with blood group O (about 38% of the population) seemed to be somewhat less susceptible. Until now, however, no study had identified a “smoking gun”—a mechanism that might explain this apparent risk imbalance.

It’s been over a decade since the FDA approved the first Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for HIV prevention in 2012. Now available in the U.S. as a daily pill or every-two-months injection, the antiretroviral treatment reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99%, by preventing the HIV virus from replicating and actually causing an infection.

During April 2022 to March 2023, the number of reported U.S. electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) poisoning exposure cases increased, according to research published in the June 23 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

A thief sneaks into a museum late at night. They pass by a pair of statues—or were they suits of armor? You see them take a necklace. Or wait. Didn’t the news report say it was a watch?

A team at DTU Health Tech, led by Associate Professor Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz, has made a leap forward in tissue regeneration by creating a multi-leveled scaffold that encompasses properties of native bone on both the nano, micro and macro scale.

An experimental drug appears to outperform the trendy medications Wegovy and Ozempic for both weight loss and diabetes control, a pair of early clinical trials shows.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the mental well-being of individuals worldwide. A recent study published in the journal Emotion examines the relationship between COVID-19-related concerns, anxiety, and worry, and the emotional quality of daydreaming and nighttime dreaming during these challenging times.

Just a year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first treatment for severe alopecia areata, the federal agency has approved a second treatment for the disfiguring skin disease—both the result of pioneering research by the same Yale dermatologist.

THE Itezhi -Tezhi magistrate’s court has convicted and sentenced a 25-year-old man of Itezhi –Tezhi district to five years in prison with hard labour for stealing his brother’s cow valued at K4, 000.

Mr Watson Mweemba convicted Shanyuka who hails from Chikaza Munyama chiefdom in Itezhi -Tezhi who was charged with stock theft contrary to Section 275(1) and 272 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.  

Particulars of the offence allege that Reagan Shanyuka, on  February 12, 2023 in Itezhi-Tezhi, did steal  one head of cattle  valued at  K4, 000, the property of  Saviour Shanyuka, 56, of Mukobela chiefdom in Namwala .

Shanyuka pleaded not guilty to the offence but was found with a case to answer.

In his defence, Shanyuka maintained that he did not steal one cow as alleged by the prosecution.

He explained that he was dying of hunger and had asked his brother Saviour Shanyuka for money to help him, but when help was not forthcoming, he decided to sell one cow.

In mitigation, Shanyuka asked the court to be as lenient as possible, stating that he was married with four children and caring for his widowed mother, who would suffer if he was sent to prison.

He also requested that if the court imposes a custodial sentence, he be sent to Namwala Prison and not anywhere else.

And passing sentence, Magistrate Mweemba said that he considered all what he said in mitigation and that he was a first offender who deserved leniency but said the offence of stock theft was a very  serious  one  and  prevalent in Itezhi-Tezhi.

“The offence you committed is a very serious one and very prevalent in this district, I therefore sentence you to five years in prison with hard labour with effect from the date of 10 February 2023.” Mr Mweemba ordered. – ZANIS.

Patients receiving intensive care often have diabetes mellitus (DM) together with chronic heart failure (CHF). In these patients, the use of metformin in intensive care is controversial. This study was aimed at assessing the mortality rates of patients with DM and CHF treated with metformin.