Wanted: Volunteers to catch COVID in the name of science

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The Oxford University trial was launched last April, three months after Britain became the first country to approve what are known as challenge trials

By REUTERS | 9h ago

Wanted: Volunteers to catch COVID in the name of science

Kenya records 152 new Covid-19 infections, 430 recoveries

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Kenya’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 5,567 after two deaths were reported from the virus in the last 24 hours.

By MIRERI JUNIOR | 1h ago

Kenya records 152 new Covid-19 infections, 430 recoveries

NHIF patients won’t get services at private hospitals starting Monday

HEALTH & SCIENCE

NHIF maintains that its new rates will allow the insurer to increase the number of people benefiting from its services.

By GLORIA MILIMU | 5h ago

Health experts raise red flag over deaths from antibiotic resistance

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1d ago

Fears of Covid jabs' effect on women's menstrual cycles

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Impairment no barrier: We love and enjoy normal bedroom lives

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Impairment no barrier: We love and enjoy normal bedroom lives

I thought I would never get married. I had figured I would get rich and buy babies, confesses David ole Sankok.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3d ago

All teen girls should be jabbed against cervical cancer

HEALTH & SCIENCE

All teen girls should be jabbed against cervical cancer

In Kenya, at least 33 out of 100,000 women have cervical cancer.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3d ago

I am 75, have never been vaccinated, why now?

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

A nation struggling to carry its own weight: The obesity crisis

By DOMINIC OMONDI | 1w ago

A nation struggling to carry its own weight: The obesity crisis

Is female fish sweeter?

By OLIVIA ODHIAMBO | 1mo ago

Is female fish sweeter?

H-Pylori: What is it? Its symptoms, dangers and treatment

By BETTY NJERU | 2mos ago

H-Pylori: What is it? Its symptoms, dangers and treatment

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Cervical TB kills more but is rarely diagnosed- experts

Out of 5,236 women diagnosed with cervical cancer, at least 3, 211 women die from the disease every year.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1w ago

Cervical TB kills more but is rarely diagnosed- experts

Bungoma traditional midwife helping pregnant mothers for 40 years

By OMELO JULIET | 2w ago

Bungoma traditional midwife helping pregnant mothers for 40 years

All teenage girls should be vaccinated against cervical cancer

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1mo ago

All teenage girls should be vaccinated against cervical cancer

Nyanza MCAs fight for reproductive health bearing fruits

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1mo ago

Nyanza MCAs fight for reproductive health bearing fruits

Teenagers access to reproductive health products enhanced

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1mo ago

Teenagers access to reproductive health products enhanced

Pregnant smokers, alcoholics spiking preterm births in Nyanza

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Pregnant smokers, alcoholics spiking preterm births in Nyanza

Premature, also known as preterm birth, is when a baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy have been completed.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 2mos ago

Even tip of nose can cause orgasm

Even tip of nose can cause orgasm

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3mos ago

Ministry in plan to fund birth control from State coffers

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By IMAN MASUD | 4mos ago

Family planning uptake drops due to Covid-19

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 4mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Health experts raise red flag over deaths from antibiotic resistance

Health experts raise red flag over deaths from antibiotic resistance

Resistance to antibiotics is now the leading cause of death globally, higher than HIV or malaria, a study has revealed.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1d ago

Impairment no barrier: We love and enjoy normal bedroom lives

Impairment no barrier: We love and enjoy normal bedroom lives

I thought I would never get married. I had figured I would get rich and buy babies, confesses David ole Sankok.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3d ago

I am 75, have never been vaccinated, why now?

I am 75, have never been vaccinated, why now?

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3d ago

My son sneezed, and just like that, broke his right hand

My son sneezed, and just like that, broke his right hand

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 3d ago

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Pneumonia Kenya’s leading killer disease in children

Pneumonia Kenya’s leading killer disease in children

Children

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2mos ago

When evil eyes cause fever and swollen stomachs: Science or superstition?

When evil eyes cause fever and swollen stomachs: Science or superstition?

Children's Health

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3mos ago

Kenya rolls out new polio vaccine amid new cases

Kenya rolls out new polio vaccine amid new cases

Kenya had been declared polio-free in 2005, but in 2018 the virus was detected in Nairobi’s Eastleigh.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3mos ago

Beauty queen advocates for cleft lip cases

Children's Health

Renowned beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray who has been on a two-day visit in Kenya has called for more empathy for people with cleft lip

By GEORGE NJUNG'E | 3mos ago

Asthma in children and what to look out for

Children's Health

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Atchooo! Why your child is down with flu

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