Does COVID-19 impact male fertility? Experts urge caution about new evidence

By CNN,

Severe cases of Covid-19 might impact the quality of a man's sperm, thus possibly impacting his fertility, according to a new study published Thursday...

coronavirus , fertility , vaccine

How Neanderthal DNA affects human health — including the risk of getting Covid-19

By CNN,

Early modern humans originated in Africa and started spreading around the world about 80,000 years ago. As they traveled, they came across other an...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , neanderthal

A woman was killed by her husband and in-laws. They were sentenced to three years in prison

By CNN,

A Chinese court made a rare move to calm public outrage this week over a controversial murder case involving a young woman killed by her husband and i...

chinese

Gov’t to probe child trafficking syndicate after BBC exposé ‘The Baby Stealers’

By Erick Owenga,

The government has set up a multi-agency to probe child trafficking syndicate exposed by 'The Baby Stealers' BBC Africa Eye documentary. Labour and...

baby stealers , child trafficking , Maryana Munyendo , Missing Child Kenya

Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

By Guest Writer,

By Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson  Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the...

BBC , BBC Africa eye , Black Market , Mama Lucy , Missing Child Kenya , Nairobi

Singapore will pay citizens to have a baby during the pandemic

By CNN,

Singapore will offer a one-time payment to aspiring parents during the coronavirus pandemic. The country's deputy prime minister said the incentive...

coronavirus , Singapore

Embu Deputy Speaker calls for research on whether eating locusts increases ‘nguvu za kiume’

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Embu County Assembly Deputy Speaker on Wednesday called for research to be conducted on desert locusts to determine whether eating them could increase...

Embu County. , locusts , Steve Munene

Thousands gather for Japan’s annual ‘Naked Festival’

By CNN,

Thousands braved chilly weather on Saturday to gather at the annual "Naked Festival" in Okayama prefecture in the southern part of Japan's Honshu isla...

Hadaka Matsuri , JAPAN , Naked Festival

Gov’t on the spot as chemical in KCSE practicals harms candidates, teachers

By Paul Ombati,

Several KCSE candidates and teachers have been reported ill following exposure to a hazardous chemical used in the practicals for Chemistry Paper 3 on...

Akello Misori , KUPPET Secretary General , Xylene

Endometriosis pain lowers work performance – study

By Paul Ombati,

An online survey has revealed that endometriosis pain lowers performance at work, which affects careers and overall productivity. Endometriosis is ...

Endometriosis

STD cases on the rise as health experts raise alarm

By Imani Mitchelle,

Combined cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis have risen and health officials are raising the alarm over rise of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (...

chlamydia , Gonorrhea , STD , Syphilis

Animal activists want slaughter of donkeys banned over low numbers

By Peter Mwangi,

Animal rights activists are calling on the government to ban the slaughter of donkeys in the country claiming the practice was decimating the number o...

A mother gave birth to other couples’ babies because of an IVF mix-up

By CNN,

A couple from New York is suing a fertility clinic after a woman gave birth to other couples' babies because of an IVF mixup, according to a federal l...

CHA Fertility , IVF , lawsuit , US District Court

Ghanaian writer wants women to have good sex, talk about it (safely)

By CNN,

"What are your sex and relationship goals for 2019?" That was the question put to women in a blog post published earlier this year in a country tha...

pleasure

India to overtake China as the world’s most populous country: UN

By CNN,

India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country in less than a decade, according to a new United Nations report. China and Indi...

India population , world's most populous country

Kenyan FGM survivor’s film urges women not to ‘die in silence’

By VOA,

As a 10-year-old in rural Kenya, Beryl Magoko was not surprised when her Kuria community arranged for her to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), ...

"The Cut" , Beryl Magoko , FGM , Human Rights Watch , Pierre Foldes , world health organization

WHO: One million STI cases diagnosed every day

By VOA,

More than 1 million people across the world are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day, the World Health Organization said. ...

sexually transmitted infections

WHO: 1 million STD cases diagnosed every day

By VOA,

More than 1 million people across the world are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day, the World Health Organization said. ...

Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) , The United Nations (UN) , World Health Organisation (WHO)

Ugandan mum of multiple quadruplets struggles to provide for 38 kids

By Reuters,

Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married off at the age of 12. Five more sets of twins followed - along with four sets of tri...

mariam nabatanzi , Quadruplets , uganda

IVF tied to slight increased risk of rare childhood cancers

By Reuters,

Certain rare childhood cancers may be more common in children conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF), a U.S. study suggests, but parents needn’t...

IVF , Logan Spector