Nairobi, Oct. 10 -- A urinary tract infection (UTI), which often begins with pain during urination or frequent trips to the toilet, can become life-threatening if it spreads and triggers sepsis, a con... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 8 -- China has given Kenya Sh129.5 million ($1 million) to strengthen preparedness for Ebola following the confirmation of the country's first imported case of the disease. The funding ... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 7 -- More hospitals have adopted minimally invasive surgery procedures, handing patients wider service options. These techniques offer patients a less painful alternative to traditional... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 6 -- Kenya is changing the way health facilities contract with the Social Health Authority (SHA), with the new rules tying reimbursement to the specific services that a facility is licen... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 6 -- Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case after its citizen, who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), died in Nairobi on Monday night after a trip on public tra... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 5 -- Human papillomavirus (HPV) is best known for its link to cervical cancer in women. However, the virus can also cause cancer in men, particularly in the middle part of the throat beh... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 5 -- Health facilities will not be allowed to sign contracts with the Social Health Authority (SHA) for services they are not licensed to provide, in a new requirement that will determin... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 1 -- Health facilities accredited by the Social Health Authority (SHA) have been granted an extension to conclude contract signings with the State agency by October 14, which would autho... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Cancer drugs are among the medicines most frequently targeted by falsifiers, putting patients at risk of receiving treatments containing the wrong ingredients or no active medicin... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- More than half of the casual workers at Mbagathi County Referral Hospital worked without contracts in the year to June 2025, in breach of the Employment Act, an audit revealed. A... Read More