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Yes, your tribe determines how long and well you live

Ethnic geography matters in what you become in life and whether you realise your dreams.

Graphic images aim to cut 9,000 annual tobacco deaths

Images like skeletons smoking cigarettes, dead foetuses are proposed to cover 80% of cigarette packs.

Ministry moves to stop unworthy cancer clinics

The disease has become multi-billion business. Facilities are lining up to be called "cancer centres".

State to test children cough syrups for toxins

11,000 units of a popular syrup were recalled from Kenya last week

Governors threaten to pull out of talks on doctors strike

They also refused to pay doctors more saying they are already the best-paid professionals in counties.

Put HIV prevention pills in condom dispensers – researchers

NSDCC raised concerned over high number of young people who requested for PEP during Safari Rally

Latest results confirm malaria vaccine in Kenya safe

Latest results show a reduction in hospital admissions with severe malaria by 32%

Kenya latest victim as Moderna halts Sh26bn vaccine plant

The company has not even paid for its proposed 10 acres at Tatu City.

Pay queries as MoH directs counties to employ UHC workers

Salaries to cost Sh7.7 billion a year. Governors expected to reject request unless MoH covers the cost

Understanding malaria: Causes, symptoms and prevention

Malaria is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus.

Kenya's population to stagnate as Somalia and Uganda rise

After 2050, Kenya's population could begin to shrink unless there's immigration from other countries

Why alcohol poses greater health risks at 65 years, above

Dr Colliers says the enzyme that metabolises alcohol decreases with age

Locked Clinical officers threaten protest after Amoth 'insult'

He said they are not recognised outside Kenya. They should go into other careers.

Kenyans’ life expectancy drops for first time in 20 years

The best place to raise your family may be Embu County, which now has Kenya’s highest life expectancy.

Locked How plastics are fuelling impotence in Kenya

Experts say they have found in food traces of plastics that cause sexual dysfunction

Nairobi children likely to be born with reduced intelligence

If a pregnant woman is exposed to lead, the chemical goes into her blood and can easily cross placenta to the foetus.

Alarm as youth ditch condoms for tablets to prevent HIV

Although more than 200,000 condoms were distributed in Naivasha, many young people demanded PEP drugs

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