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South Sudan on Tuesday reported five deaths and 91 suspected cases from an outbreak of hepatitis E in the northwest of the country.

 GOVERNMENT has challenged those claiming that former President Edgar Lungu was yesterday blocked from flying to the Copperbelt to produce necessary documentation. State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka said there is need for documentation to be produced, which has not been done and so the claims should be taken as false. Mr Hamasaka said […]

By NATION REPORTER
THE damning silence over the Sugilite scandal is an indication that some high-ranking government and UPND officials could be involved because no one has been arraigned before the courts of law over the scandal., Antonio Mwanza has claimed.

Individuals who were diagnosed with depression during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease within two years after giving birth than individuals without depression, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

By PRISCA LUMINGU in Chipata
THE Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) mealie meal being imported from South Africa is not meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but would be sold in Zambia’s border towns to ease the deficit of the commodity the country has been faced with, Mtolo Phiri has announced.

And Mr Phiri, the Minister of Agriculture has announced that the GMO mealie meal from South Africa would soon be in border towns as government has commenced the importation of the commodity.
Mr Phiri says the motive of importing mealie meal was to ensure that the border areas were flooded with mealie meal from South Africa to meet the demand.

 TWO people among them a coxswain has died, while 12 others are still missing and feared dead on Lake Mweru in Nchelenge district of Luapula province. The victims were part of a boat carrying 32 people submerged in Lake Mweru yesterday between 06:00 hours and 08:00 hours. Police Deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale said the deceased, […]

 DISMISSED High Court judge Joshua Banda yesterday appeared in court for allegedly corruptly soliciting K130,000 from a sheriff so that he can make a favourable decision in a tribunal case. In another court, Mongu High Court Judge Wilfred Muma is accused of cancelling a land title belonging to the army and offering it to the Patriotic […]

Eating walnuts on a regular basis could benefit the cognitive development of adolescents and contribute to their psychological maturation. These are some of the conclusions reached by a study led by the Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), in which ISGlobal (a center promoted by “la Caixa” Foundation) and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have collaborated. This is unprecedented research; while there have been previous studies on the effect of nuts on our health, the impact of their consumption at such a critical stage for cognitive development as adolescence has never been examined.

Effective management of depression through psychological therapy is associated with a lower likelihood of heart disease and stroke, according to research published today in European Heart Journal.

Young teen smokers who also vape may be at heightened risk of persistent and heavier smoking in their late teens, reveal the combined findings of two nationally representative UK and U.S. studies, published online in the journal Tobacco Control.