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South Korean man cleared of killing teenager after spending 20 years in jail for her murder
By CNN,
1024, December 17, 2020 (EAT)
A South Korean man who wrongfully spent 20 years in prison for killing a teenager has been cleared of her murder following a high-profile court case t...
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Yellow fever in Nigeria continues to spread
By VOA,
1020, December 6, 2020 (EAT)
A Nigerian yellow fever outbreak detected early last month is worsening and causing many cases and deaths across five of the country’s 36 states. ...
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COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO
By VOA,
1451, November 7, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...
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Coronavirus knock-on effect hitting vital health services in Africa: WHO
By Reuters,
841, November 6, 2020 (EAT)
The coronavirus pandemic is having a knock-on effect on other vital health services in Africa as countries are forced to redirect already stretched re...
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Notorious serial killer says he’s surprised he wasn’t caught sooner
By CNN,
1422, November 2, 2020 (EAT)
A South Korean man admitted in court Monday that he murdered 14 women and girls three decades ago in one of the country's most notorious serial killin...
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Uhuru cautions against letting global COVID-19 response disrupt malaria fight
By PSCU,
749, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appealed to the global community not to allow the fight against COVID-19 interfere with efforts to eradicate malaria, pol...
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Kenyans urged to take children for HPV vaccine, immunization schedules as numbers fall
By Rachel Ombaka,
1910, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyans have been urged to take their children for immunization schedules after health facilities recorded low numbers following service disruption du...
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WHO: COVID-19 cases doubled globally over last 6 weeks
By VOA,
1157, July 11, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization reported Friday that the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide doubled over the past six weeks. At his regular bri...
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Trump threatens permanent freeze of WHO funding, review of U.S. membership
By Reuters,
948, May 19, 2020 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improveme...
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COVID pandemic blocks shipments of children’s vaccines
By VOA,
320, May 3, 2020 (EAT)
The U.N. Children’s Fund warns that COVID-19 mitigation measures are preventing the shipment of vaccines to dozens of developing countries, putting ...
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WHO chief warns of malaria spike in Africa
By VOA,
1159, May 1, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief warned Wednesday that border closures and trade disruptions due to COVID-19 precautions could cause malaria ...
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U.S. government to provide Ksh.705 million to Kenya’s COVID-19 Response
By Citizen Reporter,
1126, April 28, 2020 (EAT)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has committed $6.6 million (Ksh.705 million) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) activit...
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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...
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Scientists using sewage to measure the prevalence of Covid-19
By CNN,
944, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage. Groups of scie...
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Rtd. Judge Daniel Aganyanya dies after suffering heart attack
By Citizen Reporter,
1037, January 18, 2020 (EAT)
Retired Judge Daniel Aganyanya died at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu after suffering a heart attack, the family said on Friday night. The 82-year...
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Zambia reports first polio case in 24yrs after vaccination gone wrong
By Imani Mitchelle,
1108, October 25, 2019 (EAT)
Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995. A 2 year old boy was paralyzed by a virus derived from the vaccine, VOA reported on W...
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Seven Kavonokia sect members arrested, claim census is satanic
By Wangui Ngechu,
910, August 29, 2019 (EAT)
Seven members of the Kavonokia sect were on Wednesday night arrested in Tharaka Nithi for refusing to give information to enumerators. According to...
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Man, wife arrested for beating up census team in Kisumu
By Allan Obiero,
1125, August 26, 2019 (EAT)
A man and his wife are being held at Kisumu Central Police Station after attacking a chief and village elder who had accompanied census officers at th...
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WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency
By Reuters,
1944, June 16, 2019 (EAT)
A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Ugan...
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WHO says Ebola outbreak not yet global emergency
By VOA,
1027, June 15, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak, despite its recent sp...
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