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CS Amina Mohamed among 96 advocates admitted to the Bar
By Citizen Reporter, 1649, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
Amb. Amina Mohamed, the Cabinet Secretary Sports Culture and Heritage, has been given the official nod to practice law in Kenya. Chief Justice Davi...

Amina Mohammed
Repurposed HIV drug ineffective in treating COVID-19, Oxford researchers say
By VOA, 1316, June 30, 2020 (EAT)
An antiviral drug combination touted as a potential COVID-19 treatment did not improve patients’ chances of survival, researchers at the University ...

coronavirus
South Africa takes part in human trial for potential COVID-19 vaccine
By VOA, 1229, June 26, 2020 (EAT)
South Africa is taking part in Africa's first human trials aimed at producing a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, which continues to su...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , south africa
New drug reduces deaths among patients with severe COVID-19: trial shows
By Reuters, 1633, June 16, 2020 (EAT)
Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dexamethasone
First widespread US COVID-19 vaccine tests set for July
By VOA, 1001, June 12, 2020 (EAT)
A U.S. biotechnology company says it will make the first widespread tests of a possible coronavirus vaccine next month. Moderna is working with the...

coronavirus
Project leader: Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial has 50% chance of success – Telegraph
By Reuters, 1227, May 24, 2020 (EAT)
The University of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50% chance of success as the coronavirus seems to be fading rapidly in Britain, the profess...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine , Oxford University
U.S. plans massive coronavirus vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline
By Reuters, 1651, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
The United States is planning a massive testing effort involving volunteers n an effort to deliver a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine by the end...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine
Elders in Embu ask President Uhuru to sanction research into herbal coronavirus cure
By Anthony Ndwiga, 1153, May 4, 2020 (EAT)
Embu County Council of elders has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to sanction medical experts and scientist for research in rural Kenyan to find herbs ...

coronavirus , embu
What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before
By CNN, 924, May 3, 2020 (EAT)
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
It takes about Ksh.100 billion and 7 years to develop a vaccine – KEMRI
By Waihiga Mwaura, 1116, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
Did you know that manufacturing a vaccine that could be widely and safely used by human beings of different genetic makeups could cost nearly one bill...

COVID-19 , KEMRI , vaccines
Kenyans will not be used as guinea pigs in coronavirus vaccine tests, Uhuru says
By Benjamin Muriuki, 1203, April 26, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has dismissed reports claiming that scientists from the United Kingdom are considering testing a vaccine for the coronavirus ...

coronavirus , KEMRI , Uhuru kenyatta
Kenyan govt’ not aware of planned coronavirus vaccine trials in the country
By Tonny Ndungu, 1558, April 24, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Government is not aware of plans by researchers from Oxford University to test out the new coronavirus vaccine trials in the country. Spe...

coronavirus vaccine
U.K. scientists are considering coronavirus vaccine trials in Kenya
By Citizen Reporter, 1208, April 24, 2020 (EAT)
Researchers from the United Kingdom are mulling coronavirus vaccine trials in Kenya where according to them the coronavirus pandemic may very well be ...

coronavirus vaccine trials
Coronavirus vaccine trial on humans begins in the UK
By CNN, 1643, April 23, 2020 (EAT)
Scientists in the UK will begin trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine on humans Thursday, as the government warns it could have to rely on social ...

coronavirus
Covid-19 vaccine trial on humans starts as UK warns restrictions could stay in place until next year
By CNN, 1556, April 23, 2020 (EAT)
Scientists in the UK will begin trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine on humans Thursday, as the government warns it could have to rely on social dis...

coronavirus , COVID-19
Student of Chinese ethnicity assaulted in ‘racist’ coronavirus attack
By CNN, 1359, March 4, 2020 (EAT)
A 23-year-old Singapore man of Chinese ethnicity who was studying in London has spoken out about racism linked to the coronavirus after suffering faci...

coronavirus
Save the world with a message from space, says United Nations advocate
By Reuters, 1203, July 3, 2019 (EAT)
Want to grab some headlines for the United Nations' global goals to cure world ills like poverty and inequality? Send them on a rocket into space. ...

UN global goals , United Nations
Maraga accuses Executive of impunity in U.K. speech
By Karanja Morgan, 1113, June 6, 2019 (EAT)
Chief Justice David Maraga has said the judiciary and other State institutions being subordinated to the Executive has resulted in impunity and author...

Maraga
World’s first malaria vaccine to go to 360,000 children in Kenya, Malawi, Ghana
By CNN, 1022, April 24, 2019 (EAT)
Malawi has started vaccinating children under two years of age and Kenya and Ghana will begin using the world's first malaria vaccine in the coming we...

MALARIA , Malawi
Eating just one slice of bacon a day linked to higher risk of colorectal cancer, says study
By CNN, 1118, April 19, 2019 (EAT)
Eating even a moderate amount of red or processed meat is linked with an increased risk of colorectal (bowel) cancer, according to a new study publish...

colorectal cancer