HEALTH

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

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Experts say variants occur due to the changing nature of viruses with a new variant having one or two mutations

By GLORIA MILIMU | 14h ago

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

Five more test positive for Indian Covid-19 variant in Kisumu

HEALTH & SCIENCE

There is heightened surveillance in Kisumu County where health officials have launched rapid tests following the detection of Indian Covid-9 variant.

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 7h ago

Five more test positive for Indian Covid-19 variant in Kisumu

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

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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

By TOO JARED | 5h ago

Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda loses KMPDU secretary general post

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By JAEL MBOGA | 1d ago

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

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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

In what is seen as a bid to appease donor agencies, the government has moved to overhaul the board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency...

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Over 900,000 vaccinated against Covid-19

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Over 900,000 vaccinated against Covid-19

Health CAS Rashid Aman says the new cases are from a sample size of 4,426 tests conducted in 24 hours with 11 per cent positivity rate.

By PATRICK VIDIJA | 2d ago

Don't pass the salt: WHO issues benchmarks for sodium content in food

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By REUTERS | 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 | 5mos 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 | 5mos 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

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 | 14h ago

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

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

In what is seen as a bid to appease donor agencies, the government has moved to overhaul the board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency...

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

Cancer: Why men should take a pregnancy test

By KENNEDY GACHUHI | 2d ago

Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel

Bedding of research rats cleaned like a five star hotel

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 4d 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