Good laws set up to boost fishing, but policies are yet to take effect

HEALTH & SCIENCE

At the launch of the Coast Guard services in 2018, the country had just one boat for patrolling the coastline.

By PROTUS ONYANGO | 22h ago

Good laws set up to boost fishing, but policies are yet to take effect

Don’t judge me! 52-year-old woman explains why she chose a sperm donor

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Thanks to science, it is now possible for women to conceive after menopause or postpone their childbearing to a later date.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 4h ago

Don’t judge me! 52-year-old woman explains why she chose a sperm donor

Mental illness is a chronic disease of the young

MENTAL HEALTH

While most chronic illnesses are associated with older age, mental illnesses affect the young due to biological, psychological and social factors.

By DR. CHITAYI MURABULA AND MOITREYEE SINHA | 1d ago

Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By ROBERT KIPLAGAT | 1d ago

Eating at funerals increasing cases of Covid-19

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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Why soldiers have own military hospitals

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Why soldiers have own military hospitals

Contrary to popular perception, police officers can also access military hospitals, especially if treatment sought is from a battle field.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

How ‘ghost fishing’ feeds you plastics

HEALTH & SCIENCE

How ‘ghost fishing’ feeds you plastics

Abandoned fishing nets and thousands of plastic bottles are common on the shores of Lake Victoria.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1d ago

If child is sick, was father unfaithful?

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What could go wrong during breastfeeding?

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 1mo ago

What could go wrong during breastfeeding?

World Breastfeeding week: Kenyan men who suckle breast milk

By JAEL MUSUMBA | 1mo ago

World Breastfeeding week: Kenyan men who suckle breast milk

Job losses exposed teens to hunger, unable to seek medical services

By NG'ENOH KIPKEMOI | 2mos ago

Job losses exposed teens to hunger, unable to seek medical services

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’

Narok leads in the country in teenage pregnancies at 40 per cent, according to the 2014 Demographic Health Survey.

By ROBERT KIPLAGAT | 1d ago

Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’

Yes! Bedroom inactivity is a health hazard

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 1w ago

Yes! Bedroom inactivity is a health hazard

Legalise safe abortions, once and for all

By BETRAM OUMA ODHIAMBO | 1w ago

Legalise safe abortions, once and for all

Pregnant or breastfeeding? Get your Covid-19 jab

By DR KIREKI OMANWA | 4w ago

Pregnant or breastfeeding? Get your Covid-19 jab

What is the way forward for Bill on reproductive health services?

By GARDY CHACHA | 1mo ago

What is the way forward for Bill on reproductive health services?

Nearly 5 million fewer girls to be born worldwide over next 10 years: study

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Nearly 5 million fewer girls to be born worldwide over next 10 years: study

The research suggested that the projected shortfall in the number of girls being born will lead to a surplus of young men in around a third of the glo

By AFP | 1mo ago

We must invest in sex education to save adolescents

We must invest in sex education to save adolescents

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By BETRAM ODHIAMBO | 1mo ago

Expressing milk enables women to breastfeed, work

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

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Men’s pregnancy symptoms: When she craves chocolate, so does he

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

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Don’t judge me! 52-year-old woman explains why she chose a sperm donor

Don’t judge me! 52-year-old woman explains why she chose a sperm donor

Thanks to science, it is now possible for women to conceive after menopause or postpone their childbearing to a later date.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 4h ago

Stressed? Have sweet potatoes, green tea

Stressed? Have sweet potatoes, green tea

Sweet potatoes, which are rich in fibre, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins.

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 1d ago

Why soldiers have own military hospitals

Why soldiers have own military hospitals

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How ‘ghost fishing’ feeds you plastics

How ‘ghost fishing’ feeds you plastics

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If child is sick, was father unfaithful?

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Children

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Children are better off with educated mums

Children are better off with educated mums

Children

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New guidelines set to boost schools in war on drug abuse among students

New guidelines set to boost schools in war on drug abuse among students

And the negative effects of drug abuse on a learner’s character formation cannot be overemphasised.

By SIMON MWANGI | 1mo ago

Wave of cold weather ailing children across the country

Children

Health experts have cautioned parents against allowing their children to get exposed to harsh cold weather, as a way of averting respiratory diseases.

By MERCY KAHENDA AND MACTILDA MBENYWE | 2mos ago

'Children at higher risk of getting Delta variant'

Children

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Shortage of HIV testing kits risk infections of newborns

Children

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