Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...

ngele ali

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

Millions worldwide urged to stay home to combat coronavirus spread

By VOA,

Varying degrees of government orders telling people to either stay home or at least avoid crowds are altering the daily lives of tens of millions of p...

coronavirus

Surgeons perform first HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant

By VOA,

For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV. A team from Johns Hopkins Medicin...

HIV , Kidney transplant

Study on how to soothe babies when in distress

By Reuters,

When getting their infants vaccinated, mothers were more likely to use proven techniques to ease babies’ pain, if they had been taught on how to do ...

Anna Taddio , Hospital for Sick Children

Mombasa anti-pollution activist tired of living in hiding

By CNN,

Phyllis Omido, 39, is one of Kenya's most outspoken environmental activists. She's been dubbed the "East African Erin Brockovich," and her work has...

lead poisoning mombasa , Phyllis Omido

Dubai: Leveraging on theme parks, shopping to drive tourism

By Mac Otani,

When I landed in Dubai on a Tuesday in January for my short visit, like many other Kenyans and Africans visiting the city or emirate in the United Ara...

dubai , shopping , theme parks , tourism

Green groups fund-raise against Trump’s climate stance

By Reuters,

Donald Trump’s promise to gut U.S. environmental regulations and revive the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline if elected president is a nightma...

climate , Green groups fund-raise against Trump’s climate stance , Trump

Cancer drugs less affordable in poor nations- Study

By VOA,

Cancer drugs predictably cost much more in the U.S. than in poor countries and even other wealthy nations, but a study shows they are less affordable ...

cancer , Cancer drugs , cancer research

Colour combos that can breathe life into ordinary outfits

By Liz Anyango,

  The art of dressing and colour has been ignored for a long time, especially in the African continent. I remember when I got my first job ...

Group helping African migrants find work, adventure

By Lisa Kamau,

Torn between staying at home in Nigeria to help his widowed mother or setting off to find work to fund an engineering course, teenager James Boyon was...

african migrants , African Movement of Working Children and Youth , employment , work

A text message a day may keep the doctor away

By Agencies,

Texting patients regular reminders to do things like eat right, exercise more and smoke less may help them make lifestyle changes linked to a lower ri...

health , hospitals , text message