GAME-CHANGING TYPE 1 DIABETES DRUG APPROVED IN US
(BBC) A “game-changing” immunotherapy drug proven to delay the development of type 1 diabetes has been approved by regulators in the USA. Experts say teplizumab marks a “new era” in…
LAB-GROWN BLOOD GIVEN TO PEOPLE IN WORLD-FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL
(BBC) Blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people in a world-first clinical trial, UK researchers say. Tiny amounts – equivalent to a couple of…
GOVERNMENT TO CANCEL CONTRACTS OF PRIVATE LABORATORIES OPERATING WITHIN PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Government has given a notice for the termination of contracts for private laboratories operating within the University Teaching Hospital-UTH premises, citing the need to restore the main hospital laboratory to…
PHARMACISTS WARNED OVER WITHHOLDING DRUGS
Mufulira District Commissioner Saboi Kabika has warned medical personnel in health centres to desist from withholding medicines from patients. Ms. Kabika says her office continue to get reports of patients…
ZAMBIA NEEDS 60,000 HEALTH WORKERS – HEALTH MINISTER SYLVIA MASEBO
(ZNBC) Health Minister Minister Sylvia Masebo says the country needs approximately 60,000 health workers for it to reach the desired number of human resources to attain quality health service delivery…