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Mental illness is a chronic disease of the young

MENTAL HEALTH

While most chronic illnesses are associated with older age, mental illnesses affect the young due to biological, psychological and social factors.

By DR. CHITAYI MURABULA AND MOITREYEE SINHA | 7h ago
Mental illness is a chronic disease of the young

Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Narok leads in the country in teenage pregnancies at 40 per cent, according to the 2014 Demographic Health Survey.

By ROBERT KIPLAGAT | 7h ago
Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’

Eating at funerals increasing cases of Covid-19

HEALTH & SCIENCE

A spike in Covid-19 cases in Embu County has been blamed on, among others, feeding mourners at funerals.

By MURIITHI MUGO | 7h ago
If child is sick, was father unfaithful?
CHILDREN

By ROSE MUKONYO | 17m ago
Doctors should be consulted, their voices heard
HEALTH & SCIENCE

By WERE ONYINO | 7h ago

No need for Covid booster jabs, says FDA

HEALTH & SCIENCE
No need for Covid booster jabs, says FDA

According to FDA, more data is required before it can allow third doses for people aged sixteen years and above.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 7h ago

Youth avoid vaccine for fear of infertility and altered menses

HEALTH & SCIENCE
Youth avoid vaccine for fear of infertility and altered menses

There has been no adverse side effects of the vaccines, among vaccinated adults, to warrant investigations, according to Moh.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 32m ago
Why soldiers have own military hospitals
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What could go wrong during breastfeeding?

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 1mo ago

 What could go wrong during breastfeeding?
World Breastfeeding week: Kenyan men who suckle breast milk

By JAEL MUSUMBA | 1mo ago

 World Breastfeeding week: Kenyan men who suckle breast milk
Job losses exposed teens to hunger, unable to seek medical services

By NG'ENOH KIPKEMOI | 2mos ago

 Job losses exposed teens to hunger, unable to seek medical services
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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’

Narok leads in the country in teenage pregnancies at 40 per cent, according to the 2014 Demographic Health Survey.

By ROBERT KIPLAGAT | 7h ago
Teen mums are between ‘Narok and a hard place’
Yes! Bedroom inactivity is a health hazard

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 1w ago
Yes! Bedroom inactivity is a health hazard
Legalise safe abortions, once and for all

By BETRAM OUMA ODHIAMBO | 6d ago
Legalise safe abortions, once and for all
Pregnant or breastfeeding? Get your Covid-19 jab

By DR KIREKI OMANWA | 4w ago
Pregnant or breastfeeding? Get your Covid-19 jab
What is the way forward for Bill on reproductive health services?

By GARDY CHACHA | 1mo ago
What is the way forward for Bill on reproductive health services?

Nearly 5 million fewer girls to be born worldwide over next 10 years: study

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Nearly 5 million fewer girls to be born worldwide over next 10 years: study

The research suggested that the projected shortfall in the number of girls being born will lead to a surplus of young men in around a third of the glo

By AFP | 1mo ago
We must invest in sex education to save adolescents
We must invest in sex education to save adolescents
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By BETRAM ODHIAMBO | 1mo ago
Expressing milk enables women to breastfeed, work
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By ROSE MUKONYO | 1mo ago
Men’s pregnancy symptoms: When she craves chocolate, so does he
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

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If child is sick, was father unfaithful? 
If child is sick, was father unfaithful?

Pediatricians say the best form of prevention of pneumonia is by observing basic hygiene, through immunisation and controlling environmental factors.

By ROSE MUKONYO | 17m ago
Youth avoid vaccine for fear of infertility and altered menses

Youth avoid vaccine for fear of infertility and altered menses 

There has been no adverse side effects of the vaccines, among vaccinated adults, to warrant investigations, according to Moh.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 32m ago
Why soldiers have own military hospitals
Why soldiers have own military hospitals 

By MERCY KAHENDA | 7h ago
Scared of Covid-19 vaccine side-effects? Just get painkillers and good rest
Scared of Covid-19 vaccine side-effects? Just get painkillers and good rest  

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If child is sick, was father unfaithful?
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Children

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Children are better off with educated mums
Children are better off with educated mums
Children

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2w ago

New guidelines set to boost schools in war on drug abuse among students

And the negative effects of drug abuse on a learner’s character formation cannot be overemphasised.

By SIMON MWANGI | 1mo ago
Wave of cold weather ailing children across the country
Children

Health experts have cautioned parents against allowing their children to get exposed to harsh cold weather, as a way of averting respiratory diseases.

By MERCY KAHENDA AND MACTILDA MBENYWE | 2mos ago
'Children at higher risk of getting Delta variant'
Children

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 2mos ago
Shortage of HIV testing kits risk infections of newborns
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