GlobalHealthPolitics Bill to reverse Gambia FGM ban reaches next stageArnold TutuMarch 18, 2024(BBC) A bill seeking to decriminalise Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia has passed its latest parliamentary stage, known...086600 Continue reading
Health Blood Bank Makes call for Blood DonationsJoshua JereFebruary 25, 2024A senior government official at the Blood Bank in Lusaka has appealed to members of the public to donate blood. DIA KUMWENDA, who is...074700 Continue reading
GlobalHealth Bangladesh sees dramatic rise in lightning deaths linked to climate changeArnold TutuDecember 31, 2023(BBC) On the day he thought he’d be celebrating his wedding, Mamun buried 16 of his relatives. They had been killed by lightni...00.9K00 Continue reading
GlobalHealthTech Blood test shows if organs are ageing fast or slowlyArnold TutuDecember 7, 2023(BBC) Similar to doing an MOT on a car, scientists believe they can run a blood test to check how fast a person’s internal org...084110 Continue reading
Health Boss of Indonesia cough syrup maker jailed after child deathsMichael KaumbaNovember 2, 2023By Peter Hoskins BBC News The boss and three other officials of an Indonesian firm whose cough syrup was linked to the deaths of ove...084400 Continue reading
GlobalHealth Bird flu: Brazil declares animal health emergency after several cases foundArnold TutuMay 23, 2023(BBC) Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds. Seven cases...01.3K00 Continue reading
HealthLocal Burnt Man DiesArnold TutuMay 22, 2023By Lucky Phiri CHAMA NJOVU, the Lusaka man, who was set ablaze in his house in Chilenje’s Mapoloto area, has died. Police Depu...02.1K20 Continue reading
BusinessHealthLocal Be wary of those energy drinks – Dr. KASANGAArnold TutuApril 12, 2023 April 12, 2023By Natasha Mwanza Livingstone University Teaching Hospital, Registrar- Internal Medicine, JOHN KASANGA has warned that the excessive...02.5K11 Continue reading
Health BRUCE WILLIS HAS DEMENTIAJoshua JereFebruary 17, 2023 February 17, 2023(BBC) see seeActor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced. In a statement on social media, they said it...042401 Continue reading
Health BIOMEDS TOLD TO START MAKING VACCINESJoshua JereDecember 16, 2022Minister of Health SYLVIA MASEBO has called upon Biomedical Scientists and Technologists in the country to work with other stakehold...044400 Continue reading