Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates with more than 50% of babies now delivered via surgery compared with only 32% on the U.S. mainland, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
As a group, Americans consume more salt than recommended by health experts, and when presented with reformulated products containing less sodium, they opted for saltier alternatives, essentially negating a pivotal initiative to reduce sodium intake, according to new research co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist.
By LUCY PHIRI
LUSAKA businessman and social media vlogger Mwewa Chitambala, commonly known as Simon Mwewa Lane, has been sentenced to six months simple imprisonment in a matter he was charged with malicious damage to property.
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By BUUMBA CHIMBULU
INDO Zambia Bank (IZB) has tinted its various initiatives supporting Government, pointing out its over K1.3 billion budget support extension in 2023.
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…but the scourge is back four years later at a higher scale because the UPND government abandoned former President Lungu’s vision of Keep Lusaka Clean and Green Campaign whose aim was to eradicate the disease by 2030
By NATION REPORTER
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema inherited a Cholera-free Zambia when he assumed power in 2021 and only two years in his presidency, the country is being ravaged by the worst form of the outbreak because the UPND government has literally failed to take care of citizens in all aspects,” Given Lubinda has charged.
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President Hichilema assures that he will ensure the cholera vaccine was accessed wherever it could be with the help of the donor community
By NATION REPORTER
GOVERNMENT says Zambia is expected to receive one million doses of Cholera vaccines supported by World Health Organisation on January 14, 2024.
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A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that HIV populations in people with higher viral loads also have higher rates of viral recombination. In effect, the more HIV in the blood, the easier it is for the virus to diversify.
….accuses Speaker Mutti of abrogating the Constitution by allegedly shielding Miles Sampa who has also illegally installed himself as PF president
By NATION REPORTER
SPEAKER of National Assembly, Nelly Mutti should declare the Matero seat vacant because Miles Sampa has not only failed to challenge his expulsion from the Patriotic Front (PF) but has also installed himself as the president of the former ruling party, the Bishops Council of Zambia (BCZ) has demanded.
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With tens of thousands of synthetic chemicals on the market, and new ones in development all the time, knowing which ones might be harmful is a challenge both for the federal agencies that regulate them and the companies that use them in products. Now scientists have found a quick way to predict whether a chemical is likely to cause breast cancer based on whether the chemical harbors specific traits.
Frontline health care workers in busy hospitals feel that they are “just rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” according to new research into the impact of under-resourced and high-pressure emergency hospital departments in the UK.