Sharp rise in Covid-19 and influenza cases in Tanzania puts government on the back-foot
Vida Mmbaga, assistant director of epidemic disease surveillance at the Ministry of Health said Tanzania has strengthened its capacity to detect and respond to epidemic diseases.
Covid justice: US civil societies seek to prevent repeat of ‘most awful period of our lives’
Jeffrey Tucker, president and founder of the Brownstone Institute, helped spearhead and draft the Covid Justice Resolution. He told The Defender the idea for the resolution “came from a burning desire for some accountability, some statement, some restitution, some conclusion to the most awful period of our lives.”
When Tanzanian conductor fractured an arm, hope vanished but meticulous Chinese surgeons restored both arm and hope
Postoperative X-rays taken the next morning showed satisfactory reduction and fixation. Kombo’s circulation and nerve sensation were intact, a crucial indicator of success. For Kombo, the technical details matter less than the outcome.
Era CIA acted God: For 70 years, US spy agency via Project Artichoke considered hiding mind-control drugs in vaccines
The proposals contained in the document were part of the CIA’s top-secret Project Artichoke, which ran from 1951 to 1956, according to The Daily Mail. The document, declassified in 1983, recently circulated on social media. However, it was not published in the CIA’s online reading room until last year.
FGM prevalence in Kajiado starkly high at 78 per cent, nearly four times national average in Kenya – report
Speaking during a community outreach forum in Kajiado West, Gitonga said the NGO is working closely with administrators, teachers and religious leaders to promote alternative rites of passage that uphold cultural values without harming girls.
Depression ravaging Uganda as mental illness incidence linked to economic struggles hits 70 per cent
Speaking at the launch of the State of Uganda Population Report 2025, Minister for Health Ruth Aceng said the evidence presented is deeply concerning, with cases rising to 843,295 from 494,326.
Prices in steep fall as drought decimates livestock, people forced to depend on alms in Kenya’s Wajir County
The drought has also disrupted livestock markets, which are a key source of income for households in the arid and semi-arid region. At the Orahey livestock market, traders report a drastic reduction in the number of animals brought for sale as well as a sharp fall in prices due to poor body condition.
New study finds causal link between Moderna Covid vaccine and high incidence of heart damage, death
The study, published last week in the journal Vaccines, found that among males ages 18-25, the Moderna mRNA-1273 Covid-19 vaccine was associated with 8 per cent to 52 per cent more hospitalisations for vaccine-attributable myocarditis and pericarditis (VAM/P) than the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations it prevented.
Hundreds of university students in US holiday island of Hawaii slip into homelessness as rising nationwide crisis bites
The latest national US report released in July of 2025 comparing all 50 states and the District of Columbia on education, employment and health found Hawaii tied with urban Washington, DC, New York and Alaska for the highest rate of homeless youth in the country. For many of Hawaii’s young people, the climb toward stability feels steeper than ever.
Science’s billionaire funding nightmare: How sex pest Epstein and Gates financed research portal to control scientific information flow
Karl Jablonowski, senior research scientist for Children’s Health Defence, said Gates’ 2013 investment in ResearchGate was part of a wave of investments during that period in online platforms. He said investors like Gates recognised the influence they could exert over those platforms’ algorithms.
