Improving life expectancy in Kenya spurs lobbies to push for a national council to champion well-being of elderly
The event drew more than 1,100 elderly participants from across Kisumu County, giving them a platform to interact directly with government officials. Rev Omondi welcomed the turnout, saying the forum allowed older persons to learn about their rights without bureaucratic barriers.
Kenya grapples with high suicide incidence, ranked third leading killer worldwide
The Mental Health Advocates resolved that suicide prevention requires a multi-sectoral approach involving health, education, agriculture, faith groups, civil society and the media.
Pfizer stocks surge after secret Trump-Pfizer deal that sparkd FOIA demands and public outcry
Pfizer may already have been planning to spend the $70 billion that it committed to allocate to US manufacturing, BMO Capital Markets analyst Evan David Seigerman told the WSJ.
Covid: How scientists in US ignored White House ban on funding studies that enhanced transmissibility of influenza
After reviewing EcoHealth’s response letter, Stemmy flagged an apparent discrepancy: it stated the internal biosafety committee (IBC) at UNC used by Baric would serve as the oversight body for the experiments, even though the work was proposed to take place at the Wuhan lab. Stemmy emailed Daszak for an explanation.
Tooth decay: How sugar industry falsifies science to sell fluoride that ingests teeth
Internal sugar industry and dental organisation documents, analysed by the study’s author Christopher Neurath, detail how the sugar industry helped shape the public health policies that, for decades, touted fluoride as a “magic bullet” against tooth decay.
Probe: US ministry of health agency gave Covid experiments at China’s Wuhan Institute greenlight despite concerns
Recently obtained government emails for the first time lay bare the NIH “gain-of-function” review committee’s informal vetting of the controversial project, demonstrating the agency’s weak oversight of the potentially dangerous research it funded at the lab where some critics believe the pandemic started.
Child neglect, teen pregnancy incidence rise among pastoralists in Kenya’s Kajiado County
Neglect accounted for the highest number at 3,753 cases, where children have parents, but are denied basic needs. Abandonment followed with 162 cases of minors left without any guardian or caregiver. Other cases included 552 of custody disputes, 25 of child marriages, 19 of teenage pregnancy, 13 of sexual assault, five of child labour and four of female genital mutilation.
Study: Coffee keeps urine system and heart healthy, slows liver disease’s progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis
For the first four areas, the authors pinpointed specific molecules that had been shown to be positively influenced by coffee in the existing data. In the fifth, they identified a variety of gut microbiome-balancing bacteria that coffee helps promote.
Some 21,000 Kenyan women hospitalised with unsafe abortion complications, 2,600 die per year
The deputy governor said there was need to strengthen data systems and accountability to ensure the policies are evidence driven and resources reach the people who need them. Mulili also disclosed that Makueni County government has established Mother and Child Hospital where on average 20 mothers deliver safely daily saying the facility has an incubation unit for pre-term babies.
Zionist: ‘Tel Aviv neighbourhood populated by East African immigrants as is rubbish-filled, dangerous and home to raggedy toothless prostitutes’
At least two people involved in developing the deleted toolkit resigned from Christian Aid, according to internal communications. The spokesperson said the deletion of the toolkit “does not reflect any change in attitude of support for LGBTQ+ staff”.
