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Experts ruled out the possibility of the virus transmitting between the two human cases in Cambodia.

By MILLENNIUM REPORTER

MINISTER of Agriculture, Reuben Phiri says government will not allow millers to export mealie-meal because the staple food is meant for local consumption.

Mr Phiri told Millennium TV that Government is aware that mealie meal and maize were very expensive in other countries, which could tempt millers to export but that exports will not be allowed.

“The demand for the maize is so much, we are selling it equivalent to about US$210 per ton and in certain countries, the maize is almost US$ 500 or US$ 600 per ton and so the Government is very happy.

“So some of the millers who are not patriotic will want to sell mealie-meal and maize at export parity and that we are saying you will not do it with our maize but if you have your own maize go ahead,” Mr. Phiri.

The Minister said Government was determined to ensure that Zambians had access to cheaply priced maize through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).

Recently, Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president, Andrew Chintala appealed to Government to allow millers to start exporting mealie-meal.

Mr Phiri said Government released cheaply priced FRA maize to millers meant for local consumption and not export.

He added that Government could not allow millers to export so that the country is left with few stocks that cannot sustain the local demand.

Mr Phiri said it was unfortunate that millers who bought maize at a subsidised price now wanted to export the staple food at the expense of Zambians.

He said FRA maize was meant for local consumption in case of an emergency.

A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials said.

Over the past decade, human papillomavirus (HPV) has increasingly been identified as a significant cause of certain head and neck cancers—for example, evidence suggests it causes 70% of oropharyngeal cancers in the United States.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among eligible veterans and active-duty military are half that of their civilian peers, putting them at greater risk of HPV-related cancers. That’s according to a new study published today in JAMA Oncology that provides the first national estimate of HPV vaccination rates in this population.

A preclinical study evaluating a Kiwi-made COVID-19 vaccine—Kiwi Vax—has shown its unique formulation induces a safe and highly effective immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, making it a promising booster vaccine candidate.

A new editorial paper was published in Oncotarget titled “Unveiling the non-canonical functions of EZH2 in prostate cancer.”

Histological staining, a principal tool for tissue examination in clinics and life-science research, has been routinely carried out in pathology laboratories to assist in assessing pathophysiology and disease diagnostics. Despite its widespread use, standard histological staining procedures are plagued with drawbacks such as labor-intensive preparation steps, lengthy turnaround time, high costs, and inconsistent outcomes.

University of Queensland researchers have adapted an internationally used test which screens patients for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, to make it suitable for people with hearing loss.

Researchers at UCL and University of Ghana have successfully predicted whether children have anemia using only a set of smartphone images.