COVID-19: Why women are losing the work-from-home battle

By CNN,

It's just past 10 a.m. and my partner, on his third virtual meeting today, is working nonstop in our home office. My son has taken over the family ...

coronavirus , work from home

We’re all glued to our screens right now. Here’s how you can protect your eyes

By CNN,

With much of the globe now under coronavirus-related restrictions, we have never been so tethered to our screens -- for work, to connect with friends,...

digital learning , Eyes , laptops , Zoom

8 tips for parents to homeschool children as facilities close over coronavirus

By CNN,

School closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak mean millions of parents and guardians who have grown accustomed to sending their children to traditional...

coronavirus , homeschool

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

Christine Ongare became pregnant at the age of 12 but defied odds to become Olympic boxing qualifier

By CNN,

Kenya's Christine Ongare qualified Saturday for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ongare, 26, made it through to the Olympics after outboxing Uganda...

ongare , teenage pregnancy

Suicide games can spread online for months before parents know

By Reuters,

Social media posts about suicide games may spread for months online before mainstream media reports help alert parents to the potential threat, a U.S....

Momo challenge , suicide games

Suicide games can spread online for months before parents know

By Reuters,

Social media posts about suicide games may spread for months online before mainstream media reports help alert parents to the potential threat, a U.S....

Momo challenge , suicide games

Movement video games boost preschoolers’ exercise

By Reuters,

Video games with a physical activity component could help young children get more exercise during the school day, a small study suggests. Also call...

exercise , Video games

WHO wants World Cup travellers to get Measles vaccine

By CNN,

2018 FIFA World Cup fans may be eager to catch a glimpse of world-renowned players but there's one thing they definitely don't want to catch: measles....

Fifa World Cup , Measles

Girls’ football tackles forced marriage in Burkina Faso

By Reuters,

W hen Inès Sanso was 15 years old, her family decided she was to marry a man three times her age in Yako, a small town in the rural north of Burkina ...

Burkina Faso , football

From stuffy to selfies: Elizabeth II tries to change with the times

By Lisa Kamau,

When Queen Elizabeth came to the British throne more than six decades ago, her first prime minister was Winston Churchill, a man who had served in the...

africa , Britain , kenya , queen elizabeth ii , selfies , social media

Even slightly preterm babies may delay in starting school

By Agencies,

Some babies born just a week or two premature may later be developmentally unprepared for kindergarten, and screening these children at age two may no...

africa , health , kenya , preterm babies

Why you should make your relationship exclusive

By Ernest Wamboye,

When my wife and I were in campus, we had a rule concerning our dating relationship. It was simple: the relationship is exclusive. While it sounds ...