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Six butchers remanded over treating meat with chemical suspected to be formalin, a preservative for dead bodies. Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Six people were Friday remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations of spraying meat and fish with harmful preservative chemicals. The six appeared before Kampala City Hall Court …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several butchers were arrested Thursday as Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and  Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) conducted a joint operation on butcheries across the city. One Joseph Kayondo and Ssekabila were arrested after Public Health Inspectors found a concoction of chemicals being …

  Paris, France | AFP |  Alcohol damages the DNA of stem cells responsible for producing new blood, according to a mouse study which may explain the link between drinking and cancer, scientists said on Wednesday. Health watchdogs have long warned that alcohol consumption contributes to seven types of cancer …

  New York, United States | AFP |  Luxturna, a medication against hereditary degeneration of the retina that can lead to total blindness, will be sold for $850,000 in the United States, making it one of the world’s most expensive medical treatments. It is administered in a single dose, according …

    Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  The legal cannabis sector is expected to generate $40 billion and more than 400,000 jobs by 2021 in the United States, according to a study released Tuesday. The estimate by consulting firm Arcview includes direct purchases by consumers of $20.8 billion …

Drug shortages, doctors strike Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | If one item has characterised the health sector in Uganda in most of 2017, it is the lack of medicines and supplies in hospitals. It even became a rallying cry for striking doctors of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA). At the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chinese market racked up sales of two million cars a month in 2017, according to Jato Dynamics, a global supplier of automotive business intelligence based in the UK with offices in 45 countries. It supplies automotive intelligence for more than 50 markets. China beat …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  An Egyptian court sentenced a British woman to three years in prison on Tuesday, convicting her of trying to smuggle drugs into the country, a judicial official said. Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested at Hurghada airport when customs officers found almost 300 Tramadol pills in …

Study shows danger of imbalance it creates in your brain Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet, according to a study presented on November 30 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North …

Is it any different from `normal’ cars; aren’t costs higher? Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The number of hybrid car models continues to grow as automakers meet consumer demand for fuel efficiency, low emissions, and high-tech features. But let’s face it: In most cases the sticker price of a hybrid vehicle …