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Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Even after payment of the tax waiver, the consignment is yet to be dispatched to patients due to an unresolved dispute

By MERCY KAHENDA | 15h ago
Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

New team: The men and women to clean up KEMSA mess

HEALTH & SCIENCE

In what is seen as a bid to appease donor agencies, the government has moved to overhaul the board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency...

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago
New team: The men and women to clean up KEMSA mess

Over 900,000 vaccinated against Covid-19

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Health CAS Rashid Aman says the new cases are from a sample size of 4,426 tests conducted in 24 hours with 11 per cent positivity rate.

By PATRICK VIDIJA | 1d ago
Don't pass the salt: WHO issues benchmarks for sodium content in food
HEALTH & SCIENCE

By REUTERS | 1d ago
Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test
MEN'S HEALTH

By KENNEDY GACHUHI | 20h ago

Hospitals face gloves shortage

HEALTH & SCIENCE
Hospitals face gloves shortage

Despite high demand, the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) stores are also dry and many counties are depending on stock supplied by donors.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Kenya’s Covid-19 caseload now at 160,904

HEALTH & SCIENCE
Kenya’s Covid-19 caseload now at 160,904

The number of lives lost to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours is 24 with the total number of deaths standing at 2,805.

By FRED KAGONYE | 1d ago
Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel
HEALTH & SCIENCE

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3d ago
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NUTRITION & WELLNESS
We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

By CHEBET BIRIR | 6d ago

 We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists
Drugs residue in livestock products high

By ANTONY GITONGA | 1w ago

 Drugs residue in livestock products high
That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 1w 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 | 1mo 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 | 5mos 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 | 5mos 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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New team: The men and women to clean up KEMSA mess 
New team: The men and women to clean up KEMSA mess

In what is seen as a bid to appease donor agencies, the government has moved to overhaul the board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency...

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago
Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test  

To know whether one has testicular cancer, all a man needs is to do a pregnancy test.

By KENNEDY GACHUHI | 20h ago
Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel
Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel 

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3d ago
We are all murderers in waiting …when we snap!
We are all murderers in waiting …when we snap! 

By ROSA AGUTU | 3d 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 | 3w ago
Inside the world of a depressed child
Inside the world of a depressed child
Children's Health

By N. WAIGWA | 4mos ago

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

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