Nutrition and the Immune System in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 turns into a national crisis in Kenya, individual counties in the country are taking some of the necessary measure to contain the pandemic. Most of the counties…
Lifestyle diseases main cause of deaths
Lifestyle diseases such as high blood pressure and cancer are now the leading causes of death in Kenya, a public health forum heard Thursday. More than half of the deaths…
Companies controlling the pharmaceutical industry in Kenya
The pharmaceutical industry in Kenya is growing at a rapid pace and offers excellent opportunities for exporters and manufacturers to establish their products and services in the lucrative market for…
Pharmaceutical Industry is an economic power in the Health sector
The pharmaceutical landscape in Kenya constitutes a number of multinational companies that are present through locally incorporated affiliates, technical representative offices and local technical agents. The presence of these companies…
The fortune of pharmaceutical sector relies on Gov’ intervention
Kill two birds with one stone. This standard Mandarin Chinese epigram epitomises the development strategies employed by virtually all Asian countries. In Kenya today, the Big Four agenda could benefit…
12 more Kenyans confirmed as tested numbers reduce
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced that 12 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed. Speaking earlier on Friday when he received medical supplies from China, the CS said in…
Don’t inject bleach against corona virus, medics fault Trump
Roll up for Donald Trump’s old West traveling medicine show. He’s marketed steaks and real estate, board games and vodka, but nothing the incorrigible salesman has tried to hawk measures…
COVID-19 Vaccine fails first test on Human
The experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir has failed in its first randomized clinical trial, inadvertently released results showed Thursday, dampening expectations for the closely watched drug. A draft summary went online…
We don’t know about COVID-19 Vaccine trials in Kenya: Gov’t
The Kenya Government is not aware of plans by researchers from Oxford University to test out the new coronavirus vaccine trials in the country. Speaking on Friday, Health CAS Rashid…
Mombasa leads in positive cases as 17 more are confirmed in Kenya
Kenya has confirmed 17 more cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 320. 12 of the new cases are from Mombasa while 5 are…