Armed thugs attack DCI officers who were following drug peddlers, 56 bales of bhang recovered

By Tonny Ndungu,

A police officer is nursing injuries after he was attacked by suspects who were trafficking drugs on Monday morning. The Directorate of Criminal In...

DCI Officers

U.S. virus cases exceed 100,000 as doctors decry scarcity of drugs and equipment

By Reuters,

The sum of known coronavirus U.S. cases soared well past 100,000, with more than 1,600 dead, as weary doctors and nurses coping with shortages resorte...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Donald Trump , United States

Gov’t restricts sale of Chloroquine, warns against using it to treat coronavirus

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Health has banned all pharmacies and chemists from selling Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine drugs to clients without a prescription ...

chloroquine

Nigeria records chloroquine poisoning after Trump endorses it for coronavirus treatment

By CNN,

Health officials in Nigeria have issued a warning over chloroquine after they said three people in the country overdosed on the drug, in the wake of P...

chloroquine , coronavirus , Nigeria , Trump

Man dies, wife in critical care after self-medicating with chloroquine to treat coronavirus

By CNN,

A Phoenix-area man is dead and his wife is under critical care after the two took chloroquine phosphate in an apparent attempt to self-medicate for th...

chloroquine , coronavirus

WhatsApp under scrutiny over fake coronavirus messages shared by users

By CNN,

WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook (FB), is coming under renewed scrutiny over how it handles misinformation as the coronavirus pandemic rampages ac...

coronavirus

WHO backtracks on advice warning coronavirus patients against using ibuprofen

By Agencies,

The World Health Organization now says there are no medical facts backing claims that the use of ibuprofen has negative effects on coronavirus patient...

ibuprofen , WHO on coronavirus

Man who killed 19 at disabled facility sentenced to death

By CNN,

A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for killing 19 people at disabled facility. Nine men and 10 women, ranging in age from 18 to 70, were ki...

japanese serial killer

Hand sanitizer sales spike over 800% this year in the U.S .due to coronavirus

By CNN,

American shoppers have been racing to stock up on hand sanitizer and other supplies as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. Online sales of "virus pro...

coronavirus

BWIRE: Digital solutions to tame covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire With the 3rd case of a positive case of coronavirus in Kenya announced by the President, and a raft of measures put in place to dea...

cornavirus , COVID-19

Beijing is promoting traditional medicine as a ‘Chinese solution’ to coronavirus

By CNN,

Xiong Qingzhen, a drone engineer in the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, spent more than two weeks in a makeshift hospital in February receiving t...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Traditional Chinese Medicine , wuhan

OPINION: Uhuru’s support for war on drugs key in keeping the country clean

By Citizen,

By Michael Cherambos The war on drugs is not an issue typically associated with our country. Although Kenyans are not major consumers of drugs, our...

Smartphones may make your headaches worse, study finds

By CNN,

If you think the time spent on your smartphone could be contributing to a relentless headache, you might be right, a new study finds. That was the ...

smartphones

Nyeri: 24-year-old man charged for dealing heroin,bhang worth Ksh.400,000

By Theuri Mbogo,

A 24-year-old man was on Friday arraigned before a Nyeri court and charged with being in possession of heroin and bhang with an estimated street value...

heroin in chaka

Uhuru pays Ksh.3.5M medical bill for Ethan Macharia after emotional letter

By Citizen Reporter,

Ethan Macharia, the five year-old boy who penned an emotional letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta asking for financial support to undergo medical treat...

Ethan Macharia

How Nairobi County will be affected by the takeover by National Gov’t

By Sam Gituku,

The transfer of some of Nairobi City County functions may have serious ramifications on the county’s control of resources with the move likely to ta...

Mike Sonko , nairobi county

Russian tennis star Sharapova retires

By Agencies,

Maria Sharapova, the Russian five-time Grand Slam champion who became one of the highest paid sportswomen in the world, announced her retirement at th...

Maria Sharapova

Salazar link hit me financially and emotionally, says Farah

By Reuters,

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah said he had suffered “financially and emotionally” in the fallout from his former coach Alberto Salazar ...

Alberto Salazar , Mo Farah

Health ministry wants Ksh.1.8B to build coronavirus facility at Mbagathi

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Ministry of Health has made a request for Ksh. 1.8billion from Treasury to set up a coronavirus facility at the Mbagathi Hospital. Also Read: A...

coronavirus , Mbagathi Hospital

Mother of 5yr-old Kenyan boy stuck in India pens emotional letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta

By Rene Oswere,

The mother of Ethan Macharia, a five-year-old Kenyan boy who has been stuck in India for several weeks, has penned an emotional letter to President Uh...

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