In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in major study

By Reuters,

The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, ...

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

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

Cop found dead with throat slit at his home in Embakasi

By Citizen Reporter,

A cop has been found dead with the throat slit at his house in Embakasi, Nairobi. In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, police were alerted that C...

cop , Embakasi

U.S. says Capitol rioters meant to ‘capture and assassinate’ officials – court filing

By Reuters,

Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters on Thursday,...

Donald Trump , US Capitol

UNDP, CRAWN Trust push for increased access to maternal, child health services

By Rachel Ombaka,

Lack of access to maternal, child health services as well as poor provider attitudes have largely contributed to maternal deaths in Nairobi. Also Rea...

coronavirus , infant mortality , maternal deaths , Pumwani , Universal Health Coverage

No rest for City as Guardiola focuses on form

By Reuters,

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has no intention of rotating his squad for Tuesday’s Champions League trip to Porto and says if players are le...

manchester city , Pep Guardiola

COVID-19 pandemic drives spike in suicides in Japan

By CNN,

Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay ...

coronavirus , suicide

OPINION: Why the media should stop stigmatizing drug ‘addiction’

By Guest Writer,

By Simon Mwangi An executive order issued last week by President Uhuru Kenyatta on establishment of an ultra-modern National Mental hospital in...

Addiction , Drug Abuse

Highlights from President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation Address

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sought to reassure Kenyans that the State of the Nation is strong despite the economic disruptions brought about by the C...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Why I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial

By Guest Writer,

By Steve Stecklow So why did I volunteer to be injected with an experimental vaccine for COVID-19? That’s what some of my friends wanted to know ...

One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days: study

By Reuters,

Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of ...

coronavirus

Trump says catching COVID-19 was ‘blessing from God’

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed ...

coronavirus , Trump

Trump may be the ‘only patient on the planet’ to receive the COVID-19 treatment he’s gotten

By CNN,

If you get sick with Covid-19, don't expect to get the same treatment as President Donald Trump. It may seem obvious the country's leader would rec...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Donald Trump

Trump faces backlash for removing mask on return to White House

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fe...

COVID-19 , Donald Trump

Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized ‘for the next few days’

By CNN,

President Donald Trump is being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for Covid-19 and has begun receiving an anti-viral drug, his d...

DONALD TRUMP AND MELANIA TRUMP

Isolating because of COVID-19? This is what it could be doing to your body.

By CNN,

Since the pandemic officially began in March, we've been told staying home is the best way to avoid catching Covid-19. And it is. But life in confinem...

coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccine trial paused after unexplained illness in volunteer

By CNN,

Drug giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had paused global trials of its coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers....

coronavirus

OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...

coronavirus , FGM , GBV

Abdulrazzaq Hussein is third winner of Unsung hero campaign

By Citizen Reporter,

The Wangari Maathai Foundation has announced the third winner of the Unsung hero campaign as Abdulrazzaq Hussein. The 27-year-old young change-make...

Abdulrazzaq Hussein , coronavirus , Unsung hero campaign , Wangari Maathai Foundation

We Can’t Breathe: Plight of Syokimau residents in face of air pollution

By Enock Sikolia,

The world is facing a pandemic that has thrown economies into a spin and the number of mortalities is rising. Many companies and factories have bee...

Bustani Villas , Endmor Steel Millers , Nazir Hakada , Sawada Villas , Syokimau