Unemployed to be exempt from NHIF in new changes

HEALTH & SCIENCE

If the amendments to NHIF (Amendment) Bill, 2021 are passed by the Senate, unemployed Kenyans will no longer be forced to contribute to NHIF.

By ALLAN MUNGAI | 1d ago

Unemployed to be exempt from NHIF in new changes

Ministry starts mass treatment amid fresh fears over bilharzia

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Over six million residents of Western are exposed to intestinal worms and bilharzia infections.

By BRIAN KISANJI | 1d ago

Ministry starts mass treatment amid fresh fears over bilharzia

Six patients recover from Covid-19, cases up by 53

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Covid-19 positivity rate at 1.3 per cent as 53 people test positive from 4,071 samples in last 24 hours; six recover while death toll remains 5,335.

By BETTY NJERU | 9h ago

Is female fish sweeter?

NUTRITION & WELLNESS

By OLIVIA ODHIAMBO | 17h ago

Ministry official clears the air on expired vaccines

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By ANTONY GITONGA | 2d ago

23-year-old woman gives birth to conjoined twins

HEALTH & SCIENCE

23-year-old woman gives birth to conjoined twins

Conjoined twins are born with their bodies physically connected and occurrence is one in every 50,000 to 60,000 births.

By ROSA AGUTU | 2d ago

Covid-19: Kenya’s positivity rate now at 2.4per cent

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Covid-19: Kenya’s positivity rate now at 2.4per cent

Kenya’s total Covid-19 cases are now 255,260 with the cumulative tests at 2,843,958.

By JAEL MBOGA | 2d ago

Covid-19 worsened shortage of condoms, HIV testing kits, ARVs

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

Is female fish sweeter?

By OLIVIA ODHIAMBO | 17h ago

Is female fish sweeter?

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

By BETTY NJERU | 1w ago

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

Careful! Diabetes leading cause of amputations

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2w ago

Careful! Diabetes leading cause of amputations

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Teenagers access to reproductive health products enhanced

Launched in 2021, the Right Here Right Now II coalition seeks to empower young people to make informed decisions about their sexuality.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 6d ago

Teenagers access to reproductive health products enhanced

Pregnant smokers, alcoholics spiking preterm births in Nyanza

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 2w ago

Pregnant smokers, alcoholics spiking preterm births in Nyanza

What drinking and smoking pregnant mothers do to their babies

By SAADA HASSAN | 1mo ago

What drinking and smoking pregnant mothers do to their babies

Why baby-making is as easy as ABC

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 1mo ago

Why baby-making is as easy as ABC

The pill that postpones your menses: Is it harmful?

By JAEL MBOGA | 1mo ago

The pill that postpones your menses: Is it harmful?

Steroids can cause shrunken testicles in men, experts warn

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Steroids can cause shrunken testicles in men, experts warn

A study shows that anabolic steroids suppress the production of lymphocyte-like cells in the bone marrow.

By ELVINCE JOSHUA | 1mo ago

Woman, better give birth in your 20s

Woman, better give birth in your 20s

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 2mos ago

Even tip of nose can cause orgasm

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 2mos ago

Ministry in plan to fund birth control from State coffers

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By IMAN MASUD | 2mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

The ART of Aid and HIV – 40 years On

The ART of Aid and HIV – 40 years On

It took the creative genius of artistes to galvanise the world against HIV

By TONY MOCHAMA | 4d ago

What you should know before choosing hormonal implant

What you should know before choosing hormonal implant

A woman's fertility usually returns to normal within the first month after stopping the combined pill, vaginal ring, or contraceptive patch.

By JAEL MBOGA | 4d ago

When medical workers are the patients

When medical workers are the patients

By ROSE MUKONYO | 5d ago

Covid-19 left us with bills in the millions

Covid-19 left us with bills in the millions

By MERCY KAHENDA | 5d 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 | 3w ago

How new mothers have helped reduce stunted growth

How new mothers have helped reduce stunted growth

Children

By OLIVIA ODHIAMBO | 1mo ago

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

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

Experts dismiss the existence of the evil eye and its power to unleash diseases as mere traditional beliefs that do more harm than good.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1mo ago

Kenya rolls out new polio vaccine amid new cases

Children

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

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1mo ago

Beauty queen advocates for cleft lip cases

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Asthma in children and what to look out for

Children

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