Kenya gets $750 million World Bank loan to help recovery from COVID-19 effects

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The $750 million disbursement is part of World Bank's Development Policy Operations (DPO), which lends cash for budget support instead of financing sp

By REUTERS | 17h ago

Kenya gets $750 million World Bank loan to help recovery from COVID-19 effects

Covid-19: 448 new infections, 16 deaths

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The country’s total confirmed cases are now 174,773, while 1,858,443 have been conducted so far since the onset of the disease.

By BETTY NJERU | 20h ago

Covid-19: 448 new infections, 16 deaths

Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!

NUTRITION & WELLNESS

Animal products like milk, eggs or meat can supply nutrients that would require consuming large portions of plant-based foods.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Covid-19: 624 test positive as 31 remain on ventilatory support

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By JAEL MBOGA | 1d ago

Budget: Covid-19 vaccines underfunded, masks to be taxed

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

CS Kagwe: You will get your second Covid-19 dose, don’t worry

HEALTH & SCIENCE

CS Kagwe: You will get your second Covid-19 dose, don’t worry

All Kenyans who got their first dose will get their second dose at the expected time frame.

By JAEL MBOGA | 2d ago

Health ministry in bid to curb rising Covid-19 cases in Nyanza after Madaraka Day fete

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Health ministry in bid to curb rising Covid-19 cases in Nyanza after Madaraka Day fete

In the past three weeks, the Health ministry has noticed a steady increase in the number of Covid cases in Nyanza

By JAEL MBOGA | 4d ago

Covid-19: Less than one per cent vaccinated,18 more succumb, Ministry says

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By WINFREY OWINO | 3d ago

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!

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

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1w ago

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

Forget pizza, matumbo, mutura better

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 2w ago

Forget pizza, matumbo, mutura better

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop

Any young girl aged between 14-19 years to the time she conceives has an empty, idle uterus.

By ROSE MUKONYO | 5d ago

An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop

I am blood group O+…will you marry me?

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1w 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 | 2w ago

Women bribing medics to remove coils, implants

Shame and neglect, my fistula experience

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 2w ago

Shame and neglect, my fistula experience

MPs push to streamline surrogacy

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

MPs push to streamline surrogacy

Kenya’s unregulated surrogacy process is set to be streamlined if the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2019 becomes law.

By JUDAH BEN-HUR | 3w ago

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 7mos 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

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 7mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!

Vegans got it wrong, meat’s the real thing!

Animal products like milk, eggs or meat can supply nutrients that would require consuming large portions of plant-based foods.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Curses, porridge and other cases stranger than fiction

Curses, porridge and other cases stranger than fiction

There is never a dull moment for a surgeon in the village as there are happy and crazy hilarious days.

By DR STANLEY MWENDA ARUYARU | 5d ago

You will live to 90 years in Machakos, Kitui, Makueni

You will live to 90 years in Machakos, Kitui, Makueni

By MERCY KAHENDA | 5d ago

An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop

An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop

By ROSE MUKONYO | 5d ago

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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 | 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

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