Browsing: Health
BOSTON, United States — A genetically modified pig kidney kept a patient with end-stage kidney disease off dialysis for 271 days, marking the longest reported…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — The United States has introduced tighter boarding and entry measures for travellers with recent travel histories in the Democratic Republic…
NAIROBI, Kenya — An oral medicine used to modify immune-system activity has shown potential to restore skin pigmentation in people with non-segmental vitiligo, according to…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has warned Kenyans against using a falsified batch of Postinor-2 emergency contraceptive pills circulating in the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has warned Kenyans against a falsified batch of the emergency contraceptive Postinor-2 detected in circulation in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to narrow federal recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations and encouraging…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States Embassy in Nairobi has issued a health advisory warning travellers of an increased risk of dengue fever in parts…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The warning sounded almost casual at first. As Uganda’s Parliament discussed a recent spike in severe malaria cases that claimed the lives…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For millions of women around the world, a period-tracking app has become one of the most intimate technologies on their phones. It…
NANYUKI, Kenya — For months, the bio-isolation facility inside Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base existed largely as a political and legal controversy. It was a project that…