US considers buying two million shots use in low and middle income countries hard-hit by HIV
There are more than 30,000 new HIV infections in the US every year and 1.2 million people are living with the virus. Worldwide there are 1.3 million new infections annually and nearly 40 million people living with the virus.
Country music singer and business genius Dolly Parton outrages weight loss industry with business venture that melts body fat
Dolly Parton responded with this: “When I started this whole thing back in 2021, it really was just a passion project to see if I could find something to help speed up weight loss and improve health quicker than the stuff currently on the market. On top of that, it was a way for me to give back to my lifelong followers and those suffering with similar weight loss issues like me.”
US health secretary engages senators in fiery exchanges, accuses CDC of grand corruption
Senators accused Kennedy of holding a contradictory position on Operation Warp Speed, which Senator Bill Cassidy (Republican-Los Angeles) said deserved a Nobel Prize, but few gave him time to respond to the accusations.
Tanzanian ‘hero rats’ storm medical science with spot-on TB diagnosis, explosive detection
In sub-Saharan Africa, only about half of TB patients receive a diagnosis, according to a study by researchers in the UK and Gambia published in the National Library of Medicine, and this leaves them liable to spread the disease. Tanzania struggles with one of the highest global TB burdens, according to the WHO.
Swapping hospital corridors for rows of capsicum: Why retirement isn’t a curse for 81 year-old Vihiga nurse
After decades in the medical field, friends and relatives assumed Imbwaga would follow the beaten path: settle into a quiet, idle life. But Mama Erika had other plans: she swapped hospital corridors for greenhouses and today she is one of the county’s most admired capsicum farmers.
Media Council launches animal welfare project as AU raises red flag over expanding donkey meat market in Africa
Speaking to reporters in Nakuru County during an awareness creation workshop on animal welfare in Naivasha, Bwire told journalist to adopt the use of new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance research and fine-tune stories.
Trump demands Big Pharma ‘clear up this mess’ that raised concerns about efficacy of Covid vaccines
Dr Meryl Nass, founder of Door to Freedom, said pharmacy chains are likely trying to avert risk by restricting access to the Covid-19 vaccines.
Parliamentary committee probe exposes rife human organ harvesting in Kenya for local hospitals and foreign merchants
Dr Matthew Koech of Oak Tree Hospital stressed that while kidney transplants are life-saving, they are not emergencies.
How science-for-hire violates scientific norms, degrades public discourse and expedites mass poisoning of society
The autism epidemic is a matter of enormous national importance. Yet everything that the Times publishes on autism is an attempt to cover up the causes and protect the powerful industries that are culpable.
Kenyan minister de-gazettes 45 health facilities implicated in $23.2 million fraud
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale speaking on the health care matters at Afya House on Monday, on August 25, 2025. Credit: Wangari Ndirangu.
