HEALTH

Why Covid-19 fourth wave will be lethal

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The Ministry of Health is now predicting that Kenya’s fourth wave, expected in July, is likely to be more lethal.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 22h ago

Why Covid-19 fourth wave will be lethal

MPs push to streamline surrogacy

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

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

By JUDAH BEN-HUR | 19h ago

MPs push to streamline surrogacy

Eight people die of Covid-19 as Kisumu records most daily cases

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Kisumu county leads in the number of new infections recorded in the last 24 hours as eight more people succumb and 469 more test positive.

By WINFREY OWINO | 11h ago

Phone app that helps patients manage blood pressure levels

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By STEPHEN NZIOKA | 2d ago

Brace for spike in coronavirus cases in July

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

At one, my baby needed Sh8 million liver transplant

HEALTH & SCIENCE

At one, my baby needed Sh8 million liver transplant

Medics said the baby “had a high level of bilirubin which only meant she was jaundiced” from her liver failing to efficiently process red blood cells.

By ESTHER DIANAH | 1d ago

Snake bites cause kidney failure, blindness, deformity and death

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Snake bites cause kidney failure, blindness, deformity and death

Efforts to reduce fatalities hindered by delay to reach health facilities and myths.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

Some doctors you meet abroad fail Kenyan medical exams

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 1d ago

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

By CHEBET BIRIR | 2w ago

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

Drugs residue in livestock products high

By ANTONY GITONGA | 3w ago

Drugs residue in livestock products high

That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 3w ago

That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

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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 | 19h ago

MPs push to streamline surrogacy

The dangers of a dysfunctional placenta

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 4mos ago

The dangers of a dysfunctional placenta

App guarantees better family planning service

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 4mos ago

App guarantees better family planning service

How pregnancy and childbirth accelerates aging

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 5mos ago

How pregnancy and childbirth accelerates aging

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

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

Out of every 1,000 pregnancies, one mother is always faced with the choice between having an abortion and fighting for her life or keeping her child..

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 5mos ago

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

Why two or three years between births is recommended

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By GRAHAM KAJILWA | 6mos ago

Less sex linked to premature menopause

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 6mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Alzheimer’s: Mum has to be bathed, dressed and reminded to eat

Alzheimer’s: Mum has to be bathed, dressed and reminded to eat

Alzheimer’s and its associated problems bring prolonged grief to those around the patient.

By DR MERCY DECHE | 2d ago

Teacher by profession, mortician by passion

Teacher by profession, mortician by passion

Mortician says it gives her great joy to bring comfort and closure to relatives of the departed.

By CHEBET BIRIR | 3d ago

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 6d ago

Life with Lupus is a daily battle within my body

Life with Lupus is a daily battle within my body

By PROF FELICIA ARUDO YIEKE | 1w 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 | 1mo ago

Inside the world of a depressed child

Inside the world of a depressed child

Children's Health

By N. WAIGWA | 5mos 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 | 7mos ago

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