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New Covid measures for Nyanza, Western as positivity rate rises

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Data from Kisumu county government indicates that about 80-90 per cent of Covid-19 patients are infected with the deadly Delta variant.

By ALLAN MUNGAI AND MACTILDA MBENYWE | 3h ago
New Covid measures for Nyanza, Western as positivity rate rises

Mbagathi: Come for second Covid-19 jab... Sorry, we have none

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Hundreds of Kenyans being notified via text messages to go for their second Covid-19 vaccination are being turned away.

By ROSA AGUTU | 19h ago
Mbagathi: Come for second Covid-19 jab... Sorry, we have none

660 test positive as Kenya's Covid-19 positivity rate now at 10.7%

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Kenya’s confirmed positive cases are now 177,282 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,887,636.

By JAEL MBOGA | 16h ago
Covid-19: Misinformation steams vaccine hesitancy
HEALTH & SCIENCE

By SIGOMBA RAMADHAN AND BRIAN MURIMI | 1d ago
Report: Covid-19 risks rolling back gains made in war on HIV
HEALTH & SCIENCE

By VIVIANNE WANDERA | 2d ago

AstraZeneca says antibody treatment failed in preventing COVID-19 in exposed patients

HEALTH & SCIENCE
AstraZeneca says antibody treatment failed in preventing COVID-19 in exposed patients

The company said the participants in the trial were unvaccinated adults older than 18 years with confirmed exposure to a person with the coronavirus

By REUTERS | 2d ago

456 contract virus as more males embrace second Covid-19 jab

HEALTH & SCIENCE
456 contract virus as more males embrace second Covid-19 jab

“The majority of those who received their second dose are males at 56.4% while females are at 43.6%,” the Ministry of Health said

By WINFREY OWINO | 2d ago
Covid-19: 156 in ICU as Kenya records 344 new cases
HEALTH & SCIENCE

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS
Social media got Kenyans consuming all manner of ‘Covid-19 concoctions’

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 4d ago

 Social media got Kenyans consuming all manner of ‘Covid-19 concoctions’
Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1w ago

 Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!
Ticks affect not just milk, money, but school attendance also

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2w ago

 Ticks affect not just milk, money, but school attendance also
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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

How to avoid Toxic Shock Syndrome

TSS can cause low blood pressure, kidney or liver failure, respiratory distress syndrome, heart failure.

By ROSA AGUTU | 4d ago
How to avoid Toxic Shock Syndrome
An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop

By ROSE MUKONYO | 1w ago
An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop
I am blood group O+…will you marry me?

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2w ago
I am blood group O+…will you marry me?
One million sanitary pads to fight period poverty, shaming

By ROSA AGUTU | 2w ago
One million sanitary pads to fight period poverty, shaming
Women bribing medics to remove coils, implants

By GATONYE GATHURA | 3w ago
Women bribing medics to remove coils, implants

Shame and neglect, my fistula experience

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Shame and neglect, my fistula experience

'After the surgery, I couldn’t eat or drink to avoid going to the toilet. I would wait the whole day for my mother to come and clean me up.'

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3w ago
MPs push to streamline surrogacy
MPs push to streamline surrogacy
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By JUDAH BEN-HUR | 1mo ago
Why two or three years between births is recommended
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By GRAHAM KAJILWA | 7mos ago
Less sex linked to premature menopause
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Mbagathi: Come for second Covid-19 jab... Sorry, we have none 
Mbagathi: Come for second Covid-19 jab... Sorry, we have none

Hundreds of Kenyans being notified via text messages to go for their second Covid-19 vaccination are being turned away.

By ROSA AGUTU | 19h ago
Where goat intestines predict rains, raids, drought, diseases

Where goat intestines predict rains, raids, drought, diseases 

We believe everything on earth is recorded in the intestines of a goat, it is our bible - Ngathike Aruman

By SAADA HASSAN | 4d ago
Men don’t fall sick, they just feel unwell
Men don’t fall sick, they just feel unwell 

By RICHARD MUTAHI | 4d ago
Very hot tea can cause throat cancer
Very hot tea can cause throat cancer 

By NATHAN OCHUNGE AND TIMOTHY MAKUTOH | 4d ago
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Children

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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

By GARDY CHACHA | 2mos 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 | 6mos 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 | 7mos ago
Boy, 7, gets hand reattached at KNH after being chopped off
Children's Health

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 7mos ago
Infant deaths and miscarriages- Fathers mourn too
Children's Health

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