Health

An outbreak of yellow fever, an acute and contagious viral disease, has claimed four lives in Kenya since it was...

A top court in Gabon has dismissed a bid by opposition figures for a medical assessment of President Ali Bongo...

Malawi said Thursday it will launch a nationwide polio vaccination campaign next month following the detection of its first case...

The United Nations slammed baby formula makers Wednesday for "unethical" marketing strategies, accusing them of aggressively targeting expecting parents and...

Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with...

Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipharm, the official news...

Kenya and Mauritania have received nearly two million new doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the United States in the latest...

US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday opened a plant in Cape Town that will be the first in Africa...

Doctors in Ethiopia's Tigray region are recycling surgical gloves and using salt to disinfect wounds as essential medical supplies run...

A delayed second and third dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine results in a heightened immune response to COVID-19, according to...

Kenya launched the second phase of the COVID-19 sensitization campaign Monday, in what officials said will run for a week. Government...

The government has allocated Ksh.14.3 billion in the 2021/2022 budget to facilitate the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines across the country....

Two families in Nanyuki, Laikipia County, are seeking justice for their kins who are alleged to have died while awaiting...

Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital has run out of oxygen supply and beds for admitting Covid-19 patients amid...

The new 15 infections of the Indian strain were identified from 17 samples that were tested in the Kenya Medical...

The COVID-19 variant from India has now been detected in Kenya, the Ministry of Health has stated. Acting Director General...

The number of Covid-19 jabs administered globally surpassed the one billion mark on Saturday, offering hope even as the number...

Just over a year since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, the world crossed a threshold on Saturday with the global...

Africa needs the skills and capacity to manufacture its own vaccines, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday, as the...

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has moved to court challenging the decision by government to ban private sector importation,...

After seeing our former Prime Minister yesterday out and about with President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and Kajiado counties, barely...

India’s temporary hold on major exports of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot will undermine Africa’s vaccination plans and could have a “catastrophic”...

The government has no intention whatsoever to introduce tax reliefs that would have cushioned Kenyans from the harsh economic effects...

Former Kuria East Member of Parliament Shadrack Manga has succumbed to cardiac arrest at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi...

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was taken back to the Nairobi Hospital barely few days after he was discharged from...

Kenyan Medics have issued a warning after a high rise of death among Kenyan men after using performance-enhancing drugs. In...

The world celebrated World Aids Day having a new report indicating that close to 1.5 million people in Kenya are...

Twenty-one passengers who were to travel to Dubai got arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for presenting fake Covid-19...

Kenyans will have to pay between Sh. 327 to 2725 for Covid-19 if the Ministry of Health approves the best...

A new study out of China suggests that it should be possible to develop a safe vaccine against COVID-19, though...