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THE United Party for National Development (UPND) youth wing has advised donors to be wary of individuals who are extorting money in the name of running political parties when they have no membership.
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Peaches, nectarines and plums tainted with Listeria have caused one death and put 10 people in the hospital with food poisoning across seven states, federal officials say.
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.
As food prices soar it is clear that food security is becoming an ever-growing concern for Canadians. However, not everyone faces these rising costs equally.
After more than a month of being subjected to sustained bombing, the besieged people of the Gaza Strip are now confronted with another threat to life: disease.
Researchers are extending their understanding of the effectiveness of electrical fields that are increasingly being used in implants to stimulate and repair damaged nerves. Effective nerve stimulation is the key to helping alleviate debilitating conditions such as sciatica.
About a half-million babies die each year as a result of pre-eclampsia, an aggressive and potentially life-threatening problem in pregnancy. Approximately 46,000 women also die each year due to the disorder.
For decades, limited data have been available when researching health and health care access in the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population due to historical, cultural, ethical and legal reasons. One notable example in 1989 is the unethical use of blood samples from members of the Havasupai Tribe.
Materials engineers at Stanford University have developed a novel hydrogel drug delivery system that transforms daily or weekly injections of diabetes and weight control drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro, Trulicity, Victoza, and others to just once every four months. In a new study published in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers believe that such a system will greatly improve the management of both diabetes and weight, improve patient drug compliance, and help those with type 2 diabetes improve long-term health outcomes.
The approval of two malaria vaccines—the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023—will help control, and eventually help eradicate, a disease that causes more than 600,000 deaths annually.