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By Gatonye Gathura

UN report ranks Kenya in top ten on maternal deaths

Kenya remains among ten most dangerous countries for pregnant women even as the world becomes safer than it was two decades ago, according to the United Nations report.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

UN report ranks Kenya in top ten on maternal deaths

Experts predict massive El Nino weather from July

Experts predict massive El Nino weather from July

By BY GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

WHO says antibiotics for common diseases no longer effective

WHO says antibiotics for common diseases no longer effective

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

How too much TV, little or no real games is ‘killing’ children

How too much TV, little or no real games is ‘killing’ children

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Youth in Nairobi, Mombasa abusing 40 new types of drugs

Youth in Nairobi and Mombasa counties are now abusing at least 40 new substances, including painkillers and anti-retroviral drugs, with boys as young as four years already hooked.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Youth in Nairobi, Mombasa abusing 40 new types of drugs

Study finds HIV pill cures cervical cancer

A common pill used in treating HIV has been found to completely cure cervical cancer in three months, according to a study done at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Study finds HIV pill cures cervical cancer

Study: Miraa causes liver and kidney disorders

As debate on the health side effects of miraa rages on, a new study on goats has revealed more findings about the plant. Goats fed on miraa at the University of Eldoret in Uasin Gishu County show that the plant interferes with normal body functions, which could lead to serious liver and kidney disorders even in humans.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Study: Miraa causes liver and kidney disorders

Mosquitoes ‘change feeding habits’

Malaria infections could be on the rise again as mosquitoes learn new tricks such as changing meal times and feeding on unprotected boda boda riders and early morning palm wine tappers.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Mosquitoes ‘change feeding habits’

Governors in plan to take over Nacada

The national drug control agency, now being investigated over fraud, is in more trouble with governors planning to take over most of its functions and cutting off its financial lifeline.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Governors in plan to take over Nacada

Concern over drug-resistant HIV strains

A group of women in Pumwani, Nairobi, have provided new evidence that hard to treat HIV strains have become more widespread in the city.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Concern over drug-resistant HIV strains

Food crisis looms as weatherman predicts hot month

Kenyans should expect a hot January with the Northern region expected to experience periods of dangerous heat waves and daytime temperatures of up to 40 degrees centigrade.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 10 years ago

Food crisis looms as weatherman predicts hot month

Nairobians prefer to be heavy, research reveals

As Kenyans eat their way through Christmas, new evidence indicates many Nairobians prefer heavy bodies despite the many health risks that come with too much fat.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Nairobians prefer to be heavy, research reveals

Survey: Many prefer big bodies despite health risks

As Kenyans eat their way through Christmas, new evidence indicates many Nairobians prefer heavy bodies despite the many health risks that come with too much fat.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Survey: Many prefer big bodies despite health risks

Kenya rich in resources but poor in technology

The discovery of huge amounts of underground water in Turkana in September is perhaps the biggest scientific finding in the country as we come to the end of the year.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Kenya rich in resources but poor in technology

Safaricom’s bulk SMS filter on hate speech now a global case study

A strategy by Safaricom to filter almost a million bulk messages for hate speech during the March elections is now a global case study on how corporates such as Facebook and Twitter can deal with incitement through their networks.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Safaricom’s bulk SMS filter on hate speech now a global case study

Survey casts shadow over efficacy of the ‘morning after’

Concerns over whether some popular emergency contraceptives or “morning after” pills prevent pregnancies in heavier women are behind demands for the placement of new labelling by the beginning of 2014.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Survey casts shadow over efficacy of the ‘morning after’

City sex map withdrawn over safety concerns

The first map of Nairobi’s “red light hotspots” published online in January has been withdrawn following pressure from civil society groups.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

City sex map withdrawn over safety concerns

Rainy season expected to end in the next two weeks

The short rains season should start tapering off within the next two weeks, the Meteorology Department of Kenya has said.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Rainy season expected to end in the next two weeks

Crunchy, but crisps can give you cancer, doctors warn

Your favourite chips and crisps just got poisoned again – this time not with heart-stopping salt or oils, but with a cancer causing chemical with children and adolescents facing the biggest threat.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Crunchy, but crisps can give you cancer, doctors warn

Diseases have taken to outsmarting each other

Diseases have also taken to the catwalk in a contest to determine which kills the largest number of Kenyans, with the winner seeking more local and foreign funding.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Diseases have taken to outsmarting each other

Disparities in contraceptive usage worry health experts

With a little more effort, more Kenyans can be saved from going through the pain, anguish and indignity of backstreet abortions.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Disparities in contraceptive usage worry health experts

Why Maasai's prefer killing lions to compensation

The Maasai prefer their cows and tell conservationists to keep their livestock compensation money and let their morans kill beef-loving lions.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Why Maasai's prefer killing lions to compensation

2.5 million Kenyans in polygamous unions

If passed in its current form, the proposed Marriage Bill 2013 could significantly affect the lives of about 2.5 million spouses in polygamous unions and many others who are indirectly attached to such relationships.

By By Gatonye Gathura 11 years ago

2.5 million Kenyans in polygamous unions

Love for bush toilets stings 2015 goal

Kenya is among nine countries in Africa with the highest number of people who are still defecating in the open and has no prospects of meeting the United Nations goal of ‘open defecation-free status’ by 2015.

By By GATONYE GATHURA 11 years ago

Love for bush toilets stings 2015 goal

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