HEALTH

Teacher by profession, mortician by passion

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Mortician says it gives her great joy to bring comfort and closure to relatives of the departed.

By CHEBET BIRIR | 19h ago

Teacher by profession, mortician by passion

Kenya’s Covid-19 death toll crosses 3,000

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The Health Ministry says it conducted some 4,436 samples in the last 24 hours, leading to a 6.0 per cent positivity rate

By BETTY NJERU | 8h ago

Kenya’s Covid-19 death toll crosses 3,000

Kenya still has fewer men than women in nursing: Here is why

HEALTH & SCIENCE

According to the WHO Global Health Observatory Data, 2014, Kenya has 1.2 nursing/midwifery personnel for 1000 population.

By GARDY CHACHA | 1d ago

Covid-19: Eight deaths, 184 recoveries reported

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By BETTY NJERU | 1d ago

Shortage of midwives puts women, newborns at risk

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By STANDARD TEAM | 3d ago

Covid-19: Kenya records 334 cases, 18 deaths in last 24 hours

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Covid-19: Kenya records 334 cases, 18 deaths in last 24 hours

334 out of 4,155 samples test positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours; positivity rate at 8.0 per cent with 124 recoveries and 18 deaths.

By TOO JARED | 2d ago

You will have to do with your local hospital as KNH plans to scrap outpatient services

HEALTH & SCIENCE

You will have to do with your local hospital as KNH plans to scrap outpatient services

Kenyatta National Hospital is set to stop walk-in-patient services starting this July.

By PATRICK VIDIJA | 3d ago

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3d ago

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

By CHEBET BIRIR | 2w ago

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

Drugs residue in livestock products high

By ANTONY GITONGA | 2w ago

Drugs residue in livestock products high

That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 2w ago

That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula

Medics say younger boys are more vulnerable due to their immature genitalia and skin and could affect future sex and reproductive function.

By GATONYE GATHURA | 2mos ago

Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula

Kenya’s adolescents lag behind as contraceptive use increases

By BELDEEN WALIAULA AND MERCY ADHIAMBO | 3mos ago

Kenya’s adolescents lag behind as contraceptive use increases

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

By KIRSTEN KANJA | 5mos ago

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 5mos ago

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

Why two or three years between births is recommended

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Why two or three years between births is recommended

Ask a doc

By GRAHAM KAJILWA | 6mos ago

Less sex linked to premature menopause

Less sex linked to premature menopause

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 6mos ago

We need law to guard teen health - experts

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 6mos ago

No more shame for girls during periods

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Teacher by profession, mortician by passion

Teacher by profession, mortician by passion

Mortician says it gives her great joy to bring comfort and closure to relatives of the departed.

By CHEBET BIRIR | 19h ago

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

The risk of transmission is within three to six feet from an infectious person or source.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3d ago

Life with Lupus is a daily battle within my body

Life with Lupus is a daily battle within my body

By PROF FELICIA ARUDO YIEKE | 5d ago

Schools were wrong, paraffin increases libido in teens

Schools were wrong, paraffin increases libido in teens

By MERCY KAHENDA | 5d ago

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Why I shared my breast milk with babies I never met

Why I shared my breast milk with babies I never met

Children's Health

By GARDY CHACHA | 1mo ago

Inside the world of a depressed child

Inside the world of a depressed child

Children's Health

By N. WAIGWA | 5mos ago

HIV generic drug for babies to be rolled out in Africa in 2021

HIV generic drug for babies to be rolled out in Africa in 2021

Benin, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe are due to receive the first tablets in the first half of 2021.

By REUTERS | 5mos ago

Infant jaundice: The harmless condition that can turn fatal

Children's Health

Jaundice occurs when the body has excess bilirubin, a yellow component of the red blood cells.

By KILLIAD SINIDE | 6mos ago

Boy, 7, gets hand reattached at KNH after being chopped off

Children's Health

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 6mos ago

Infant deaths and miscarriages- Fathers mourn too

Children's Health

By ROSA AGUTU | 6mos ago