Temperature-related deaths could rise five-fold by the end of this century in the US

If global temperatures warm 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial averages and cities do not expand their existing cooling infrastructure, the United States can expect five times the number of temperature-related deaths per year, a new study finds. Adapting cities to heat, primarily through greatly expanded access to air conditioning in the northern states, could slow that trend by 28%.

Early findings suggest clinical and lab-based approach critical to tracking head and neck cancer recurrence

Early findings of two studies from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center shed light on new ways to anticipate recurrence in HPV-positive head and neck cancer sooner. The papers, published in Cancer and Oral Oncology, offer clinical and technological perspectives on how to measure if recurrence is happening earlier than current blood tests allow, and provide a framework for a new, more sensitive blood test that could help in this monitoring.

Tipper truck loaded with Manganese impounded in Samfya 

By Jubilee Malambo in Samfya

POLICE in Samfya have impounded a Shacman Tipper truck registration No. AID 4818 belonging to Dharani Investment Limited which was carrying manganese mineral ore and was being driven by Derrick Frank Kunda aged 33 of Kaole area in Mansa.

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