Charity denies promoting teen abortions after Kenya bans radio ad

By Reuters,

International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, s...

KFCB , Marie Stopes Charity , Teen Abortions , Unsafe Abortions

Migori Governor PA Oyamo now at Kisumu DCI as tension heightens

By Aly Abich,

Michael Oyamo, the personal assistant to Migori Governor Okoth Obado, is currently being held at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) offic...

Michael Oyamo , Migori , Okoth Obado

Women Rep Ngirici launches Boy and Girl child support programme

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Woman Representative Purity Ngirici has launched a countywide campaign aimed at offering apt support to boys and girls in the county. Spe...

Study to pay people Ksh. 30,000 to eat avocados daily for six months

By CNN,

If you're the kind of person who'll willingly pay extra for guacamole and thinks avocados are life, four universities are looking for you. Research...

avocados , Export of avocados banned in Kenya

Mom charged after drugs in breast milk killed baby, prosecutors say

By CNN,

In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, prosecutors are arguing that 30-year-old Samantha Jones killed her 11-week-old son, R.J., by breastfeeding while using ...

Serena Williams in Ksh.50K tutu skirt for tournament after catsuit row

By CNN,

Tennis outfits for Serena Williams are often the talk of the town, and she set New York tongues wagging with her latest creation in a routine opening ...

Serena Williams

Why some eczema patients fear using steroid creams

By Reuters,

Many people with eczema, a common skin disease, may avoid creams and ointments that can help ease symptoms like itching and inflammation. This is b...

eczema , steroid creams

Serena handed tough path to U.S. Open final

By Reuters,

Serena Williams, who is aiming for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at this year’s U.S. Open, was handed a difficult path to the final after...

Serena Williams , U.S Open

Infertility: Causes, remedies and options

By CNN,

Baby-making seems easy. There is a lot of education, even anxiety, around preventing unwanted pregnancy once we become sexually active. But many coupl...

Inducing labor at 39 weeks might help avoid C-section – study

By CNN,

Once a mother reaches 39 weeks in her pregnancy journey, she can feel the anticipation and anxiety of what comes next. By that time, physicians wil...

C-section , Caesarian section , childbirth

Beyoncé, Serena Williams say childbirth more risky for black women

By CNN,

To many, Beyoncé is the history-making superstar who "runs the world" with 22 Grammy Awards to her name -- and hot sauce in her bag. Yet last year...

beyonce , Serena Williams

Lung’aho refutes Malkia Strikers mass pregnancy claims

By Erick Nyasani,

National women’s volleyball team Malkia Strikers Technical Director David Lung'aho has rubbished rumors doing rounds that majority of his players ar...

claims , David Lung'aho , Malkia Strikers , pregnancy

Bizarre things your body might do during pregnancy

By CNN,

You're glowing from the news: A baby is growing inside of you. But as your belly swells, so does the list of bizarre things your body could suddenly d...

Body changes during pregnancy , hormones , pregnancy , Stretch marks

Arrest men who impregnated 24 Narok school girls: Gov’t

By Simon Ngure,

Men who impregnated 24 Narok school girls now face arrest and prosecution following a directive from the Government. Patrick Ole Ntutu, Interior Mini...

Narok School girls , school dropout , teenage pregnancies

More women may be experiencing depression during pregnancy

By CNN,

Today moms-to-be are more likely than women from their mothers’ generation to become depressed while pregnant, a study suggests. Stresses of the ...

depression during pregnancy , psychiatry , Stresses of the modern world , Women's health

Super-Mom Serena into 10th Wimbledon final

By Reuters,

Serena Williams demonstrated that having a baby had not robbed her of any of her phenomenal tennis skills when she became the first mother in 38 years...

Julia Goerges , Serena Williams , Wimbledon

Cardi B names first child, daughter Kulture Kiari

By CNN,

American rapper Cardi B whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Cephus has announced the birth of her daughter on her official Instagram account. "Kul...

‘Test-tube rhino’ offers hope for near extinct species

By Mbuthia Bashir,

The Scientists successfully created hybrid embryos from Southern White Rhino (SWR) eggs and Northern White Rhinos (NWR) sperm using assisted reproduct...

Extinction , mount kenya , Northern White Rhino , Ol Pejeta Conservancy , Southern White Rhino

Girl, 15, remanded for procuring an abortion in Baringo

By William Sawe,

An Eldama Ravine court has remanded a 15-year-old girl for allegedly procuring abortion on a six-month-old fetus. Senior Resident Magistrate Judica...

abortion

Serena seeded 25th for Wimbledon, Federer top

By Reuters,

The spectre of seven-times Wimbledon champion Serena Williams facing world number one Simona Halep in the Wimbledon first round was removed on Wednesd...

Roger Federer , Serena Williams , Wimbledon