From Farm to Fever: Hidden cost of cheap meat and milk
Farmers are selling milk from drugged cows and tossing leftover animal meds…
How ‘catch-up vaccination’ keeps children protected
Kenya’s under-immunised and missed children are due to stock-outs, healthcare worker shortages,…
How Africa is winning against neglected diseases
Kenya is free of guinea worm disease, Niger just eliminated river blindness,…
Torn, Twisted, Gone: Inside the emergency that can cost you a testicle
Testicular torsion is when the testicle throws a tantrum, spins on itself…
Dose of Deception: The hidden epidemic of falsified medicines
Rapper King Kaka recalled the nightmare of wrong diagnosis, and worse, being…
Hope for HIV patients, crucial meningitis drug trial enters Phase II
HIV patients infected with cryptococcal meningitis die before being diagnosed as initial…
Golden Baby, Silent Alarms: When lip-smacks, blank stares, signal danger
Babies born before 37 weeks are at higher risk of jaundice. So…
Bleeding Out: Why Kenya’s national blood supply is running on empty
The country has a shortage of 200,000 units of blood annually, resulting…
Living on the ground floor, negative politics and social media can trigger depression
Depression, on average, affects more women due to early puberty, menses, pregnancies,…
Dad’s Hairline, Mum’s Genes: The bald truth about hair loss in men
Are men balding too early? Some studies suggest yes—with stress, processed foods…
