Health

A recent study published by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week suggests that measles vaccination rates...

Nearly half of Sudan’s 18 states have registered cases of dengue fever with more than 1,400 people being diagnosed with...

Medical and energy experts under the CLEAN-Air (Africa) platform have called for scaling up of clean cooking energy that can...

Nairobi MCAs want Governor Johnson Sakaja to close all shisha smoking joints within the city. According to the MCAs ,shisha...

According to a recent study, smoking weed is as dangerous as smoking tobacco. Dr. Giselle Revah, an assistant professor in...

Residents of Kitengela town have raised an alarm over dangerous cheap samosas allegedly being made from the meat of dead...

Learning disabilities, also known as learning disorders, is an umbrella term for a variety of learning problems such as Dyslexia...

A new study by researchers at King’s College London has established that indoor air pollution from wood or charcoal “could...

Sitting next to a patient with depression on a garden bench in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, 70-year-old Shery Ziwakayi speaks gently,...

As Ugandan farmer Bonaventura Senyonga prepares to bury his grandson, age-old traditions are forgotten, and fear hangs in the air...

A member of an elite squad operating at a police camp in Lamu committed suicide. The body of the officer...

There is hope for people living with treatment-resistant depression as a new trial indicate that the psychedelic compound found in...

Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day.  However, just like most things in nutrition...

A 34-year-old mother has been arrested by police in Kajiado for allegedly killing her new-born baby and keeping the body...

The Ahero sub-county hospital in Kisumu County has halted the admission of male patients. According to the facility's management, the decision...

Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has announced that Kenya will soon establish a Moderna Vaccines Manufacturing Hub in Nairobi with the help...

An administration police officer identified as Constable Vincent Muteti killed himself inside his room on Wednesday, October 26. Constable Muteti...

A statement released by World Health Organisation assistant director general of antimicrobial resistance, Dr Hanan Balkhy suggest: “Emerging from the...

Medical researchers, for the first time, have established that two common respiratory viruses can fuse to form a hybrid virus...

  Some 15 people have been confirmed to have contacted the deadly Ebola virus in Kamala according to health officials...

Thirteen Global South cities have signed up to C40’s Pathway Towards Zero Waste, which aims to slash waste emissions and...

Embu University organized a sensitization program for their students with disabilities. The Dean of Students, Prof. Fredrick Njoka, through his...

Global leaders have committed over Sh315 billion (USD2.6 billion) to support worldwide initiatives on eradicating polio.  Moreover, this money, through...

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has signed a licensing agreement increasing access to a vital leukemia treatment, an UN-backed public health organization...

The Ministry of Health has today issued a cholera alert following confirmation of 61 cases reported across six counties. Acting...

African leaders converged in Tanzania at a high-level meeting to champion the role of young women in the global HIV...

President Yoweri Museveni has directed traditional healers in Uganda to stop treating people during the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Ebola has...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ordered traditional healers to stop treating sick people in a bid to halt the...

Giving up wheat completely may prove a challenge because it is present in many foods that a multitude of people...

When Wuri Bailo Keita's two-year-old daughter Fatoumatta developed a fever, he took her to hospital where she was diagnosed with...