Bilharzia disables more than it kills victims 

When not treated it may lead to cancer, fertility challenges among men and women

By MERCY KAHENDA

Ebola drug treating Covid-19 ‘in two days’

Breathing easy: Experts say it reduces lung virus levels and damage in 12 hours

By MERCY KAHENDA

Medics plead to have ARVs at port released

Even after payment of the tax waiver, the consignment is yet to be dispatched to patients due to an unresolved dispute

By MERCY KAHENDA

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

Hospitals face gloves shortage

Despite high demand, the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) stores are also dry and many counties are depending on stock supplied by donors.

By MERCY KAHENDA

Industrial oxygen is for welding, not Covid patients

Medical oxygen should be certified, delivered in cylinders and be 90 per cent pure- Dr Winnie Bore

By MERCY KAHENDA

KEMSA flagged off phased out HIV drugs which can damage liver

(KEMSA) has been accused of supplying phased out HIV drugs that are less superior in suppressing the virus and have adverse side effects.

By MERCY KAHENDA

US no longer trusts Kemsa to distribute HIV drugs

USAid shipped the drugs this January, but the government slapped it with Sh40m tax before allowing its distribution

By MERCY KAHENDA

Covid-19 cases dip even as mutations worry medics

Expert warns of a possible fourth wave, urges Kenyans not to lower guard

By MERCY KAHENDA

Covid-19: Even medics were scared, they feared death

Covid-19 presents substantial indirect risks to people with diabetes through disruptions in healthcare and lifestyle factors.

By MERCY KAHENDA

Board: No one has applied for Pfizer vaccine

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has dismissed reports that the government plans to acquire Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

By MERCY KAHENDA

The inside story: How doctors removed cystic growth from a 68-year-old woman

Beatrice Nanjala’s tumour had three litres of fluid equal to someone having two heads.

By MERCY KAHENDA