Herbs could soon be covid-19 cure, local scientists
Kenyan scientists are testing the efficacy of a herb used by traditional healers to find out whether it speeds up…
WHO clears breast milk free from covid-19
Breastfeeding mothers do not seem to be passing on the new coronavirus to their infants, and based on current evidence…
Fears as covid-19 hits State House
Four staffers working at State House have tested positive for the coronavirus, spokesperson Kanze Dena has said. President Uhuru Kenyatta…
MoH launches home-based care guidelines for corona patients
The government Wednesday launched protocols for home-based isolation and care, anticipating to discharge asymptomatic Covid-19 positive cases. Health Chief Administrative Secretary…
Parliament keen on allocating more funds for healthcare
The Parliamentary Budget Office has called for the prioritization of the health sector in the 2020/2021 budget with allocation of…
Smiles and tears as Uhuru extends curfew
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced an extension of the nationwide curfew by another 30 days. However, the President relaxed the curfew…
E-health services transforming Kenya’s health sector
Given the limitations of Kenya’s health care system in terms of funding and accessibility, the country is looking at a…
Drama as monkeys snatch covid-19 blood samples from technician
A troop of monkeys snatched the blood samples of suspected coronavirus patients at a government hospital in the Meerut district…
Kericho county joins in positive cases as national tally bulge daily
Kericho County becomes the latest to report a case of COVID-19 according to authorities. The national tally has reached 1,888 after…
Ray of hope as borders closed against COVID-19
Kenya has closed its borders with Somalia and Tanzania as the country strives to stem further spread of the coronavirus.…
Kenya closes borders with Tanzania and Somalia as covid cases shoot
President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the closure of Kenya’s borders with Tanzania and Somalia to all passenger traffic beginning midnight…
Kenya records highest number of corona cases within 24 hours
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday confirmed 45 new cases of Coronavirus, the highest number ever recorded in a day…
Kenya joins world in COVID-19 vaccine trials
Kenya is not quick to take up experimental cure for Covid-19 from Madagascar. This revelation came even as the government confirmed…
Malaria will soon be gone, ICIPE Researchers
Scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquartered in Nairobi, announced that they had discovered a microbe that could…
Nutrition and the Immune System in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 turns into a national crisis in Kenya, individual counties in the country are taking some of the…
Kenya records 8 more cases raising corona infection to 363
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Monday announced that Kenya had confirmed 8 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number…
12 more Kenyans confirmed as tested numbers reduce
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced that 12 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed. Speaking earlier on Friday when…
Don’t inject bleach against corona virus, medics fault Trump
Roll up for Donald Trump’s old West traveling medicine show. He’s marketed steaks and real estate, board games and vodka,…
COVID-19 Vaccine fails first test on Human
The experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir has failed in its first randomized clinical trial, inadvertently released results showed Thursday, dampening expectations…
We don’t know about COVID-19 Vaccine trials in Kenya: Gov’t
The Kenya Government is not aware of plans by researchers from Oxford University to test out the new coronavirus vaccine…
Mombasa leads in positive cases as 17 more are confirmed in Kenya
Kenya has confirmed 17 more cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 320. 12…
Positive cases increases to 303 as 7 more confirmed in Kenya
Kenya has confirmed 7 more cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 303. Six…
Kenya nears 300 as 15 more test positive for COVID-19
Kenya has confirmed 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the tally of positive cases to 296. The new…
Blockchain and Big Data could tame Corona virus
Covid-19 is rapidly paralysing every aspect of life across the globe, but the work-from-home government directives have provided an innovation…
Kagwe: Kenya committed to expand digital health and telemedicine
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has told the Langrenyuan Forum on South-South Cooperation and Development that Kenya is keen on…
Treasury signals tax exemptions for health sector in Kshs. 3.6T budget
The National Treasury and Planning is proposing to introduce Value Added Tax (VAT) exemptions on some of the critical medical…
That Sh10 facemask won’t protect you against Covid-19
Between surgical face masks selling for Sh10 and Sh20, Peter Mwania, a mechanic in Nairobi preferred the cheaper one. The 45-year-old resident…
Kenyans in India asked to register as Covid spirals out of control
Kenya’s High Commission in New Delhi, India, has asked all Kenyans to register their names with the embassy to ease…
Covid third wave jitters sends employers back to the drawing board
Employers will have to embark on a work-from-home formula with their employees in the wake of COVID-19 third wave which…
Mombasa County spells out raft of measures to fight Covid
The Mombasa County Covid-19 committee has issued a raft of new measures aimed at hastening the Ministry of Health protocols…
6,000 bars, eateries to receive Covid-19 safety training
Six thousand bars and eateries in the Nairobi Metropolitan region will receive training on Covid-19 safety protocols by June this…
Inside Kenya’s vaccination plan as first doses arrive
With more than 105,000 Kenyans having tested positive for Covid-19 and 1,856 lives lost as at Sunday, it is a big…
REVIEW: Tanzania chooses herbal medicine over vaccines amid reported spike in cases
Despite the reports about a rising number of COVID-19 cases, Tanzania seems to be shunning coronavirus vaccines and placing its…
Kenya intensifies Ebola screening at border
Health officials in Busia and Malaba border towns are on high alert following a new Ebola outbreak in the West…