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…to constitute a panel of three Judges to hear the case of the legality of the Miles Sampa’s convention, advises lawyers to choose one case more pointed to resolve all other matters   

By NATION REPORTER

CHIEF Justice Dr Mumba Malila SC has rejected a petition by lawyers representing the Patriotic Front (PF) to constitute a panel of three High Court Judges to preside over a matter in which the former ruling party is challenging the legality of the Miles Sampa’s convention from which he had installed himself as president.

The annual total of deaths from fungal disease worldwide has risen to 3.75 million, double the previous estimate, according to a new study.

In women living with HIV, preventive treatment with DHA-PPQ is a safe and effective strategy to prevent malaria during pregnancy, according to the final results of MAMAH, a clinical trial coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study, published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, could help protect the health of the estimated one million pregnant women who suffer from a double infection with malaria and HIV every year.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Chicago found that changes in male gender expression from adolescence to young adulthood align closely with the gender norms present in individuals’ school environments and that these trajectories are associated with subsequent patterns of substance abuse.

Changes to DNA, known as mutations, can increase the likelihood of developing cancer. Specifically, people with mutations in their BRCA 1 and 2 genes are substantially more likely to develop hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. But how do people know if they have these mutations?

Plates and spoons designed to help people better feed their children are helping reverse malnutrition in the wake of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi.

Researchers from the Infection Biology Lab at the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University and the HIV Unit at Hospital del Mar Research Institute have shown that intradermal vaccination with the JYNNEOS vaccine against smallpox is the best option to protect people living with HIV from contracting the monkeypox virus.

The number of infections by the tick-borne TBE virus that are not detected by health services is far higher than previously assumed. This has been shown in a new study of Swedish blood donors from Uppsala University and the University Hospital in Uppsala. The results have been published in the journal Eurosurveillance, which is associated with the EU’s Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

A recent study used a big data multi-omics analysis to examine changes in gene expression as cells from human fallopian tubes become cancerous.

When learning, patients with schizophrenia or depression have difficulty making optimal use of information that is new to them. In the learning process, both groups of patients give greater weight to less important information and, as a result, make less than ideal decisions.