Kenya’s marathon runner Kipkorir is provisionally suspended by Athletics Integrity Unit for doping
Kenya’s Diana Kipyokei was stripped of her 2021 Boston Marathon title for doping in 2022 and handed a six-year ban.
Kenyan autism patient overcomes stigma, joins ordinary school following early intervention
Another student, Peter Kairo, is currently undergoing a similar journey at the same pre-vocational institution. His learning process began with structured training to help him adjust to the school environment – an essential first step for children with intellectual disabilities.
Trump’s office bans medical agency FDA from using terms such as intersex, woman, disabled, transgender, LGBTQ and others
Another federal health agency was told in recent weeks to remove words such as gender, transgender, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and non-binary from its communications to ensure that they comply with executive orders that solely recognise male and female sex and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
South African scientists’ research on promising HIV vaccine cut short US president’s aid freeze
Several other mRNA-based HIV vaccine candidates worldwide have reached clinical trials. BRILLIANT is unique in being Africa-led, aiming to develop capacity for producing vaccines in Africa.
Trump’s latest executive order strips federal funding from schools that mandate Covid vaccines
Lucia Sinatra, co-founder of No College Mandates, which has been fighting to end college mandates since the booster mandates were rolled out in 2021, said she and her organisation “couldn’t be more thrilled.”
Valentine condomisation: Kenya announces plans to start own condom production as it grapples with unwanted pregnancies
Local condom production matters because despite widespread awareness, HIV and STI infections remain a pressing public health issue.
Kenya’s health minister says the nation remains on high alert to fight emerging diseases in East Africa
Health Director General Patrick Amoth announced that the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) has been activated, and the existing Mpox task force repurposed to manage the Ebola response, with both national and county Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) on heightened alert.
Previously ‘orphaned’ by scientists as ‘primitive’ sorghum is rebounding in western Kenya as a cash crop
Prof Hai Chun Jing from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is leading the Chinese partnership in technology development and transfer, put emphasis on the importance of selecting and breeding high-yielding, drought-resistant varieties that can thrive in the diverse agro-ecological zones of Africa.
Kenyan farmers escalate opposition to GMOs to Court of Appeal, seek protection of indigenous seeds
The push to lift the ban on GMOs gained momentum following the 2022 directive by the government to allow the importation of GMO maize into the country.
Trump’s foreign funding freeze exposes how USAID bribed leading media houses to censor news, peddle smear campaigns
Ji said this is concerning given that BBC has expanded its influence through projects like the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a self-described “industry partnership” that worked with Big Tech forms to identify “misinformation” and “disinformation” on their platforms.
