Disease

KMPDU SG, Dr. Chibanzi Mwachonda, has hit out at the Health CS, Mutahi Kagwe, over claims that doctors were contracting COVID-19 out of work. KMPDU...

A new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University could offer hope for low-income nations following success in large trials. Though the new vaccine's effectiveness is...

Death cases in Kenya as a result of Covid-19 shot up further on Sunday, November 22, as 14 more patients succumbed to the virus. Giving...

A new study has found that COVID-19 re-infection is unlikely to occur for at least six months. This news is according to a British study...

Masks were always a distant thing for many people around the world. It always was a preserve for doctors and health workers. On the rare...

Langata police station OCS George Kabii has passed on. The OCS died on Thursday morning at the Langata Hospital where his family said he was...

A form 4 candidate at Lureko Secondary School in Mumias West Constituency died on Monday, November 16, 2020, shortly after contracting Covid-19. The death news...

It is a sad and worrying day for the medical fraternity after four more medics succumb to the deadly Covid-19 within 24 hours lapsing...

The Centers for Disease Control and prevention argues that "Adoption universal masking policies can help avert future lockdowns." The CDC emphasized that putting on a...

The United States registered its 10th million case of the coronavirus on Monday. John Hopkins University announced the numbers in a statement made to the...

Pharmaceutical Company, Pfizer, has announced the development of a COVID-19 vaccine with an efficacy of 90 %. According to the pharmaceutical giant, the vaccine successfully...

Kenya has today confirmed 719 COVID-19 cases, raising the country's total caseload to 62,488. In the latest announcement, the Ministry of Health confirmed that the...

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has suggested that close to half of Nairobi and Mombasa residents may have already contracted COVID-19. Kemri Wellcome Trust,...

Kenya is set to be among the first middle-low income countries to benefit from WHO’S new rapid COVID testing Kit. WHO African Region Director, Dr...

Over the second half of October, Kenya has witnessed a Surge in COVID infections and deaths. On Sunday, November 1st, Kenya recorded a further 17...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has gone into quarantine after a contact tested positive for COVID-19. Through a Twitter...

Kenya yesterday joined the efforts in finding a vaccine for COVID-19 after entering the first phase of its trials. Kenya’s KEMRI, through a collaboration with...

Kenya’s hunt for a vaccine for the COVID-19 has gone a notch higher after KEMRI kicked off its vaccine trials. With the country currently undergoing...

Kenya today has confirmed 761 more COVID-19 cases with the positivity rate at 15 per cent as the second surge continues. Speaking in Mombasa, Health...

The number of COVID-19 infections has passed 1.7 million as new infections accelerate in many African countries. According to theelephant.info, the number of COVID cases...