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.
Health
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
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
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.
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
Over 10,000 HIV tests conducted during Safari Rally in Naivasha
NDSCC deploys more than 100 of its health workers and CHPs with HIV prevention messages and services
No Covid-19 in Kenya, it's just flu – Amoth
The ordinary PCR tests for Covid-19 cannot differentiate between variants.
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.