What to know about mysterious severe hepatitis cases in children

HEALTH & SCIENCE

At least 600 children in at least 34 countries have developed cases of sudden severe liver inflammation, or acute hepatitis, for which doctors have no explanation.

By REUTERS | 5h ago

What to know about mysterious severe hepatitis cases in children

Kimani Mbugua: The rosary and the doctor boost my mental health

MENTAL HEALTH

Kimani Mbugua's struggle with psychosis and mental illness is one that tore him down. In its destructive path, it robbed him of his promising media career and watered down his budding stardom.

By KIRSTEN KANJA | 1h ago

Kimani Mbugua: The rosary and the doctor boost my mental health

Africities Summit highlights limited access to family planning

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

20 million women in African cities cannot access reproductive health help. Millions want to space or limit their births but are unable to.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1d ago

Global smoking rates fall for first time, but rise for kids, Africa - report

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By REUTERS | 2d ago

Uhuru to lead presidents, VIPs at Africities Summit in Kisumu

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 5d ago

Poor drainage in towns creating 'urban malaria'

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Poor drainage in towns creating 'urban malaria'

WHO says more than 13 million deaths around the world are due to avoidable environmental causes, with the climate crisis as the single biggest health threat facing humanity

By ROSE MUKONYO | 5d ago

Listen, childhood vaccines are our magic bullet

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Listen, childhood vaccines are our magic bullet

Four decades ago, we would lose thousands of children to measles, pneumonia, diarrhoea and whooping cough. Vaccines against those diseases have reduced mortality.

By DAVID GITHANGA | 5d ago

Sciatica: 'My neck was stiff, I strained to walk'

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 5d ago

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Marsabit drought: Even adults are malnourished, we're waiting on God

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3w ago

Marsabit drought: Even adults are malnourished, we're waiting on God

My children can’t sleep hungry, not when I have alcohol

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 1mo ago

My children can’t sleep hungry, not when I have alcohol

For just Sh500, mothers feed and bond with their children

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1mo ago

For just Sh500, mothers feed and bond with their children

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Africities Summit highlights limited access to family planning

20 million women in African cities cannot access reproductive health help. Millions want to space or limit their births but are unable to.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 1d ago

Africities Summit highlights limited access to family planning

Schooling can't buy diapers or food for my child

By ROSA AGUTU | 1w ago

Schooling can't buy diapers or food for my child

Sexually active Kenyan teenagers using contraceptive

By SAADA HASSAN | 3w ago

Sexually active Kenyan teenagers using contraceptive

I am raising a P2 baby: The ABC of emergency birth pregnancy pills

By ROSE MUKONYO | 1mo ago

I am raising a P2 baby: The ABC of emergency birth pregnancy pills

‘My husband married second wife because I can’t give birth to boys’

By GARDY CHACHA | 1mo ago

‘My husband married second wife because I can’t give birth to boys’

Failure to launch: Relief for men with erectile dysfunction

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Failure to launch: Relief for men with erectile dysfunction

Most men visit sex clinics alone before tagging along their partners from the perception that when the sex failure is their fault.

By ROSA AGUTU | 2mos ago

Don’t repeat those undies! Dirty panties cause vaginitis

Don’t repeat those undies! Dirty panties cause vaginitis

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By ROSA AGUTU | 2mos ago

How traditions are slowing down use of family planning methods

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MARION KITHI | 2mos ago

Influencers paid to spread false information on abortion debate

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By FRANKLINE SUNDAY | 2mos ago

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Kimani Mbugua: The rosary and the doctor boost my mental health

Kimani Mbugua: The rosary and the doctor boost my mental health

Kimani Mbugua's struggle with psychosis and mental illness is one that tore him down. In its destructive path, it robbed him of his promising media career and watered down his budding stardom.

By KIRSTEN KANJA | 1h ago

Divorce and Christianity: Should we pull asunder what God has joined?

Divorce and Christianity: Should we pull asunder what God has joined?

Divorce in church, it appears, carries with it a heavier burden.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 5d ago

Why grafted dreadlocks could have you jailed

Why grafted dreadlocks could have you jailed

By SAADA HASSAN | 1w ago

Why Kenyan men die younger than women

Why Kenyan men die younger than women

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Children

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2mos ago

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

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

Children's Health

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

Kenya rolls out new polio vaccine amid new cases

Kenya rolls out new polio vaccine amid new cases

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

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

Beauty queen advocates for cleft lip cases

Children's Health

Renowned beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray who has been on a two-day visit in Kenya has called for more empathy for people with cleft lip

By GEORGE NJUNG'E | 7mos ago

Asthma in children and what to look out for

Children's Health

By ROSE MUKONYO | 7mos ago

Atchooo! Why your child is down with flu

Children's Health

By MERCY KAHENDA | 7mos ago