Kenya revisits plan to demolish asbestos-roofed houses with help of World Bank, European Union

Kenya revisits plan to demolish asbestos-roofed houses with help of World Bank, European Union

Director of London Institute of Railways, D Lawson Kamau Mbuguss, who said resident of crowded settlements like Nairobi’s Eastlands, Kongowea in Mombasa, Nyalenda in Kisumu or Langa Langa in Nakuru, are at a high risk of cancer.

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WHO director: Bill Gates has bragged about making $550m from vaccines for Covid-19, which he ‘and others now admit was not a dangerous virus’

WHO director: Bill Gates has bragged about making $550m from vaccines for Covid-19, which he ‘and others now admit was not a dangerous virus’

Dore pointed out that a previous WHO director, Margaret Chan, admitted to begging donors for money, which she said was spent on projects highly linked to their preferences. “Bill Gates basically is the biggest funder to the WHO and he basically dictates what they do, and it basically comes down to what’s going to pad his bottom-line,” Dore said.

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While farming community is the most studied population in Kenya, new evidence now links climate change to mental health

While farming community is the most studied population in Kenya, new evidence now links climate change to mental health

Elizabeth Amina Kadenge is a 41-year-old farmer and mother of four in Kaloleni. At the time of the study, her maize harvest had been wiped out by drought. This year, it was wiped out again – by too much rain.

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Kenya Hospices criticises health scheme for discrimination against patients with terminal diseases

Kenya Hospices criticises health scheme for discrimination against patients with terminal diseases

Speaking during the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2025 celebrations held at Embu Level Five Hospital on Wednesday, KEHPCA Director David Musyoki said SHA being the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) body in the country should guarantee full coverage for critical patients whether inpatient or under home-based care.

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Herbal medicine tossed back into public discourse as Kenyan authorities square it our with health workers

Herbal medicine tossed back into public discourse as Kenyan authorities square it our with health workers

While traditional health practitioners are rarely recognised among core health providers, they managed to register their services under the umbrella of Kenya National Traditional Health Practitioners Association (NATHEPA) on October 29, 2021.

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Medical tourism: Kenya’s world class kidney transplant centre in Nairobi nears completion

Medical tourism: Kenya’s world class kidney transplant centre in Nairobi nears completion

Other East African countries that have opted to have centres of excellence health facilities are Tanzania who have opted set up a heart centre, Uganda a cancer centre, Rwanda will have two centres, namely for vaccine and medical science, while Burundi opted for a nutrition centre.

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Revealed: How US banned healthcare workers from reporting Covid vaccine side-effects to drive up drug sales

Revealed: How US banned healthcare workers from reporting Covid vaccine side-effects to drive up drug sales

Zowe Smith, a former medical coder for an Arizona hospital, called OSHA’s policy “especially inflammatory” and “an admission they know the vaccine is not safe and carries a risk of injury serious enough to affect one’s ability to work.”

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Kenya Medical Research Institute study reveals malaria insect is outsmarting control measures

Kenya Medical Research Institute study reveals malaria insect is outsmarting control measures

The landmark findings, released by the Wellcome Sanger Institute in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and scientists from 16 African countries, shows that Anopheles funestus, a species long overshadowed by its cousin Anopheles gambiae but equally capable of spreading malaria was rapidly adapting to withstand control measures.

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Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University create human eggs from skin cells, use them to form embryos

Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University create human eggs from skin cells, use them to form embryos

In Dolly’s case, sperm from a father was not used. But for the Oregon team, the goal was to make embryos with genetic material from both parents. A normal sperm and egg have 23 chromosomes each, with a healthy embryo containing 46 chromosomes.

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Indian High Court orders handwriting training for doctors after spidery their scrawls are cited in 7,000 deaths

Indian High Court orders handwriting training for doctors after spidery their scrawls are cited in 7,000 deaths

During a bail plea for a rape, fraud and forgery case, Justice Jasbirpreet Singh Puri, did not find a single word in the medico-legal report readable. Calling the report “incomprehensible”, he observed that the illegibility itself was a matter of grave concern for the medical system.

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