Health

The government has ordered the screening of all travelers coming entering the country following an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki says entry points like the Jomo Kenyatta...

The 4.05 billion shillings National Hospital Insurance Fund comprehensive medical cover that will cater for all students in public secondary schools has kicked off. The scheme that was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta last...

There is a critical cut-off age for learning a language fluently, according to research. If you want to have native-like knowledge of English grammar, for example, you should ideally start before age 10, say the...

Cuba Health Care system is rated among the best in the world with its citizens accessing free medical care including cancer treatment and organ transplant. So organised is their provision of healthcare that the...

A diet high in carbs could bring on an earlier menopause, a study suggests. Eating lots of pasta and rice was associated with reaching menopause one-and-a-half years earlier than the average age of women in...

Kenya is among three African countries selected to participate in the trial of a new malaria vaccine.  The vaccine which will be piloted in endemic counties within the Lake Region basin will target mainly...

Rising incidences of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is putting pressure on healthcare cost, prompting insurance providers to warn of an impending burden.   Speaking at a workshop organized by Minet Kenya for human resource practitioners at a...

Children with malaria emit specific odour that attracts more malaria mosquitoes increasing the risk of these children being bitten by the vectors. “Our study advances earlier research that showed that children carrying the malaria parasite, Plasmodium,...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for concerted efforts to remove barriers that prevent persons with disability from realizing their full potential. She said issues affecting people with disability should be given priority in policy...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is now encouraging mothers to exclusively breastfeed their newly born children for two years instead of the six months minimum period that has been promoted in the recent past. WHO says...