UPND’s Failure to Resolve Mealie-Meal Shortage Disappointing – EF 

By SHARON ZULU

Economic Front (EF) chairperson for information and media, Fewdays Nsensema has expressed disappointment that the shortage of mealie-meal has persisted while the price of the staple food has remained high in some parts of the country.

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Study finds stewardship program significantly reduced prescribing rates of antibiotics at urgent care centers

Overuse of antibiotic prescriptions for patients with upper respiratory illnesses at urgent care clinics in the United States has been an ongoing challenge, but a new study led by researchers at two Utah health systems—Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health—finds that a targeted approach utilizing antibiotic stewardship practices significantly reduces overuse of these medications.

New method enables detection of plasma biomarkers cheaply and at scale

Blood plasma is collected from people routinely during clinical care and for research. It is potentially a rich source of protein biomarkers for diagnostic and prognostic purposes, for measuring response to treatment, and for revealing disease biology. Yet identifying such biomarkers in plasma with proteomics, our best available tool, has been a challenge: 99% of plasma consists of everyday proteins like albumin, globulins, and coagulants that essentially crowd out the needle-in-a-haystack proteins that could serve as biomarkers.

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