HEALTH

Success Covid-19 vaccines creates renewed interest in HIV cure search

HEALTH & SCIENCE

A group of Majengo sex workers were found to be resistant to the virus

By MERCY ADHIAMBO | 10h ago

Success Covid-19 vaccines creates renewed interest in HIV cure search

Covid-19: Last drop of the drip left my mother cured

HEALTH & SCIENCE

At 77 and hypertensive, she precariously hung onto life. Her oxygen levels were dipping dangerously to between 40 and 50.

By MICHAEL ARUNGA | 1d ago

Covid-19: Last drop of the drip left my mother cured

Ebola drug treating Covid-19 ‘in two days’

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Breathing easy: Experts say it reduces lung virus levels and damage in 12 hours

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

Covid-19: Kenya records 572 cases, 18 deaths in last 24 hours

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MIRERI JUNIOR | 23h ago

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

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By GLORIA MILIMU | 2d ago

568 test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.3 per cent

HEALTH & SCIENCE

568 test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.3 per cent

From the new cases, 551 are Kenyans while 17 are foreigners with 344 being males and 224 females.

By TOO JARED | 2d ago

Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

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

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3d ago

Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda loses KMPDU secretary general post

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By JAEL MBOGA | 2d 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 | 6mos 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 | 6mos 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

Ebola drug treating Covid-19 ‘in two days’

Ebola drug treating Covid-19 ‘in two days’

Breathing easy: Experts say it reduces lung virus levels and damage in 12 hours

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

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 | 2d ago

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

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

By MERCY KAHENDA | 4d ago

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

By KENNEDY GACHUHI | 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

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