Day: August 14, 2025

VP Mohadi, Dr. Mombeshora Pledge Hospital Rehabilitation After Bulawayo Tour

Healthtimes

By Rukudzo Gota Top Zimbabwean Government officials toured hospital facilities in Bulawayo to assess the provision of services in the metropolitan province. Vice President Kembo Mohadi and Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora last week visited Cowdray Park Mini-Hospital, United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), Mpilo Central Hospital, and Ingutsheni Central Hospital. The tour followed a series of visits to central hospitals in Harare Metropolitan Province by the Health Minister. President Emmerson Mnangagwa had earlier made impromptu visits to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Sally Mugabe Central Hospital. The visits…

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Viruses like COVID may ‘wake up’ dormant breast cancer cells, study finds

Michael Gwarisa

By Staff Reporter  The worry that breast cancer may someday return is a troubling source of anxiety for many survivors of the disease. This is because most relapses and metastatic cancers (those that have spread) are not caused by new tumours, but by dormant cancer cells that suddenly become active. These cells often settle in places like the lungs or bones, lying in wait for the right conditions to grow again. For years, researchers suspected that chronic inflammation from factors such as smoking or ageing could be one of those…

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