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 AN International Monetary Fund(IMF) mission has arrived in Lusaka to commence the first review of Zambia’s IMF Program under an Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, and Article IV consultations. The discussions come after Zambia received Executive Board approval for an IMF programme in August 2022. The IMF programme supports the government’s reform plan to restore debt […]

 A BABY of unknown age has been dumped at the entrance of the White Fathers Parish in Kasama’s Lualuo area. The baby was found in a 10 litre bucket after she was heard crying by two employees who work at the Parish. Northern Province Commanding Officer Gloria Mulele explained that yesterday around 07:30 hours Ireen […]

 CRIMINALS in Lusaka have continued to taunt the innocent, with the latest case being that of a K100,000 being stolen from a vehicle parked at a named school in Northmead area. The victim only identified as Vincent of Ngombe Township where he owns a shop is believed to have carried the said money with him […]

Medical sleep treatment may reduce self-harm in young people with anxiety and depression, an observational study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests. The risk of self-harm increased in the months preceding melatonin prescription and decreased thereafter, especially in girls. The study is published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

The study warns that people with a declined ability to dual-task while walking are at a greater risk of falls and injuries.

The 2022 summer heatwave resulted in a fifth of UK hospitals being forced to cancel operations during the three days when temperatures soared, a new study reveals.

People who contracted the disease before vaccination develop weaker immune protection against reinfection.

The popular LGBTQ+ dating app entered a new partnership that would allow it to offer testing kits to users.

Researchers from the Neuroscience Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a prediction model that determines which newborn babies are likely to experience seizures in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This model could be incorporated into routine care to help the clinical team decide which babies will need electroencephalograms (EEGs) and which babies can be safely managed in the Neonatal Care Unit without monitoring through EEGs. This would allow families and providers to care for babies without intrusive and unnecessary procedures. The findings were published by The Lancet Digital Health.

Despite nearly 60 years of research, there is still a lack of high-certainty evidence on the effectiveness and safety of commonly used painkillers (analgesics) for short bouts of low back pain, finds an analysis of the evidence published by The BMJ.