HEALTH

It's impossible to contract Covid from steel, says study

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The findings show that the new variants of the coronavirus do not survive for more than three hours on stainless steel surfaces.

By GRAHAM KAJILWA | 18h ago

It's impossible to contract Covid from steel, says study

Covid-19 positivity rate at 11.8% after 486 people test positive

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Of the cases, 463 are Kenyans while 23 are foreigners; 278 are males and 208 are females.

By TOO JARED | 1h ago

Covid-19 positivity rate at 11.8% after 486 people test positive

UHC medics on contract petition Uhuru for permanent jobs

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The workers, who range from clinical officers to occupational therapists, have petitioned the President to have them employed on permanent and pension

By GRAHAM KAJILWA | 3h ago

21 more Kenyans die of Covid-19 raising death toll to 2,330

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By TOO JARED | 1d ago

Organ, tissue donor law in limbo after Bill collapses

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By GATONYE GATHURA | 2d ago

Risk of contracting Covid-19 from contaminated surfaces very low - CDC says

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Risk of contracting Covid-19 from contaminated surfaces very low - CDC says

Generally less than 1 in 10,000, which means that each contact with a contaminated surface has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection.

By PATRICK VIDIJA | 2d ago

How worried should we be about links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine?

HEALTH & SCIENCE

How worried should we be about links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine?

Europe’s drug regulator on Wednesday said it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots.

By REUTERS | 2d ago

Covid killing more people aged 60 and above than below

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By BETTY NJERU | 2d ago

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

Why kidney patients are now going to hospital late

By VERAH OKEYO AND MERCY KAHENDA | 2w ago

Why kidney patients are now going to hospital late

Awareness creation key in addressing kidney diseases

By LEE MWITI | 4w ago

Awareness creation key in addressing kidney diseases

Three life stages when alcohol is likely to wreck the brain most

By KILLIAD SINIDE | 2mos ago

Three life stages when alcohol is likely to wreck the brain most

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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 | 3w ago

Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula

Kenya’s adolescents lag behind as contraceptive use increases

By BELDEEN WALIAULA AND MERCY ADHIAMBO | 2mos ago

Kenya’s adolescents lag behind as contraceptive use increases

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

By KIRSTEN KANJA | 4mos ago

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 4mos 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 | 5mos ago

We need law to guard teen health - experts

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 5mos ago

No more shame for girls during periods

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 5mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

Organ, tissue donor law in limbo after Bill collapses

Organ, tissue donor law in limbo after Bill collapses

Parliamentary team rejects push by Health ministry to have all body parts, including fluids, regulated under one broad law.

By GATONYE GATHURA | 2d ago

Secretive organ trade that preys on the poor

Secretive organ trade that preys on the poor

A report by the IOM on human trafficking in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi reveals that cases of trafficking for organs are real in the region.

By GATONYE GATHURA | 2d ago

There are only 58 Covid-19 ICU beds in ‘diseased counties’

There are only 58 Covid-19 ICU beds in ‘diseased counties’

By MERCY KAHENDA AND ROSE MUKONYO | 5d ago

When oxygen causes blindness in newborns

When oxygen causes blindness in newborns

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6d ago

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When a mother’s intuition is ignored

When a mother’s intuition is ignored

Children's Health

By MACTILDA MBENYWE | 3mos ago

Inside the world of a depressed child

Inside the world of a depressed child

Children's Health

By N. WAIGWA | 3mos 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 | 4mos 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 | 5mos ago

Boy, 7, gets hand reattached at KNH after being chopped off

Children's Health

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 5mos ago

Infant deaths and miscarriages- Fathers mourn too

Children's Health

By ROSA AGUTU | 5mos ago