Lack of contraceptives linked to increased maternal deaths

HEALTH & SCIENCE

UN says if women in developing countries use modern contraceptives, maternal deaths would be reduced.

By JAEL MBOGA | 3h ago

Lack of contraceptives linked to increased maternal deaths

Court throws out laws limiting top jobs to doctors

HEALTH & SCIENCE

According to the judge, it was unfair to limit top jobs in the healthcare system to certain groups of professionals without justification.

By KAMAU MUTHONI | 1d ago

Court throws out laws limiting top jobs to doctors

This is how your metabolism changes throughout your life

NUTRITION & WELLNESS

Your metabolism peaks much earlier in life and starts its inevitable decline later than you might think, according to a new study.

By WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM | 1d ago

Covid-19: 432 recover as Kenya records 323 new cases

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MIRERI JUNIOR | 22h ago

Kenyans to isolate despite UK Covishield nod

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By CHEBET BIRIR | 2d ago

Malnutrition could interfere with vaccination in drought-hit areas

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Malnutrition could interfere with vaccination in drought-hit areas

On September 8, President Uhuru Kenyatta declared drought a national disaster.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3d ago

Covid-19: Kenya administers 3.5 vaccines as death toll hits 5,045

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Covid-19: Kenya administers 3.5 vaccines as death toll hits 5,045

Kenya also recorded 317 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, from a sample of 6,129

By MIRERI JUNIOR | 2d ago

Good news as ministry receives child-friendly ARVs

HEALTH & SCIENCE

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

This is how your metabolism changes throughout your life

By WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM | 1d ago

This is how your metabolism changes throughout your life

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

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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 | 6d 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 | 1w ago

Legalise safe abortions, once and for all

Pregnant or breastfeeding? Get your Covid-19 jab

By DR KIREKI OMANWA | 1mo 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

Why women, girls are not accessing family planning services

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Mental patients: Police should throw away the colonial rule book

Mental patients: Police should throw away the colonial rule book

A report reveals that upon arrest, suspects are taken to psychiatric facilities as patients even when they do not need medical attention.

By KAMAU MUTHONI | 4d ago

Don’t judge me! 52-year-old woman explains why she chose a sperm donor

Don’t judge me! 52-year-old woman explains why she chose a sperm donor

Thanks to science, it is now possible for women to conceive after menopause or postpone their childbearing to a later date.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 4d ago

Stressed? Have sweet potatoes, green tea

Stressed? Have sweet potatoes, green tea

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 6d ago

Why soldiers have own military hospitals

Why soldiers have own military hospitals

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6d ago

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If child is sick, was father unfaithful?

If child is sick, was father unfaithful?

Children

By ROSE MUKONYO | 6d ago

Children are better off with educated mums

Children are better off with educated mums

Children

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3w ago

Wave of cold weather ailing children across the country

Wave of cold weather ailing children across the country

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's Health

Children and adolescents are vulnerable to the deadly Covid-19 Delta variant ravaging western Kenya.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 2mos ago

Shortage of HIV testing kits risk infections of newborns

Children's Health

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2mos ago

3.5 million children to get jab against killer measles

Children's Health

By MERCY KAHENDA | 3mos ago