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A boom in alcohol sales during the pandemic appears to have had dire consequences for some as hospital admissions for alcohol-related hepatitis, a life-threatening liver inflammation, increased dramatically, according to a study of national hospitalization data.

By WELLS CHIFUNDA

THE Food Agent Zambia has dragged the Ministry of Agriculture to court for allegedly failing to pay the contract fee of over K18.5 million.

Silence might not be deafening but it’s something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort people’s perception of time.

University of Alabama researchers have developed an effective prevention program that can improve a child’s stress physiology and make lasting impacts on social skills, impulsive anger and aggression.

Undocumented migrants in Italy make more use of emergency rooms and hospital admissions than pharmaceutical prescriptions and specialist visits. This is true even for chronic diseases for which undocumented migrants are entitled to essential treatment beyond emergency: hospitalizations account for about 50% of total expenditure for Italian citizens affected by diabetes, but as much as 90% for undocumented migrants.

Internet search engine queries and social media data can be early warning signals, creating a real-time surveillance system for disease forecasting, says a recent University of Waterloo study.

…says the tragic accident involving its bus and Tazara passenger train could have been avoided had the driver taken precautions   

By NATION REPORTER

LIKILI Motorways public relations officer Timothy Nkachindama says he is saddened by the devastating road traffic accident involving their bus and the TAZARA train.

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that the presence of relatively high numbers of immune cells known as monocytes in tumors is linked to better outcomes in esophageal cancer patients treated with a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, or immunochemotherapy.

An extract from dahlia flower petals has been found to stabilize blood sugar levels of diabetes patients in University of Otago-led clinical trials.

Infants from multilingual backgrounds “talk” less with their early childhood educators, which could slow their language development, according to a new study. But researchers also found the children catch up over time.