HEALTH

Indian Covid-19 variant ‘transmissible, deadly, can dodge vaccines’

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Experts say variants occur due to the changing nature of viruses with a new variant having one or two mutations

By GLORIA MILIMU | 3h ago

Indian Covid-19 variant ‘transmissible, deadly, can dodge vaccines’

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 | 1d ago

Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda loses KMPDU secretary general post

HEALTH & SCIENCE

In December last year, he called off a planned medics’ strike for 14 days to allow for dialogue.

By JAEL MBOGA | 15h ago

1,086 admitted as 705 more test positive for Covid-19

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By PATRICK VIDIJA | 18h ago

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

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Don't pass the salt: WHO issues benchmarks for sodium content in food

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Don't pass the salt: WHO issues benchmarks for sodium content in food

Tedros urges food industry to lower sodium in processed products, says move aims to lower risk of stroke, heart attack from high salt intake.

By REUTERS | 1d ago

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

MEN'S HEALTH

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 | 1d ago

Indian Covid-19 variant detected in Kisumu

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1d ago

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

By CHEBET BIRIR | 1w 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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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Indian Covid-19 variant ‘transmissible, deadly, can dodge vaccines’

Indian Covid-19 variant ‘transmissible, deadly, can dodge vaccines’

Experts say variants occur due to the changing nature of viruses with a new variant having one or two mutations

By GLORIA MILIMU | 3h ago

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 | 2d ago

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

By KENNEDY GACHUHI | 1d ago

Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel

Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 4d 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

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