13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1626+ words) For nearly half a century, Dr David Silverstein listened to some of Kenya’s most powerful hearts. But while medicine gave him access to presidents, Cabinet ministers and political secrets, he built his reputation through something less dramatic: an insistence that…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1049+ words) A mother carries her baby. A Nairobi paediatrician shares her seven-year journey to motherhood, including two surrogate attempts and failed IVF procedures. After marrying, Rachel began trying to have a baby in 2017. It was not until 2022, at the age of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (878+ words) The mistake most people make is ignoring any unusual signs a mother might show. Health and Science Reporter In the past month, Google Trends data shows that Kenya is one of the top 50 countries globally with the highest search interest…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1756+ words) A sex worker waits for potential clients. Sex workers say violence is widespread, but stigma, criminalisation and costly reporting procedures keep many cases hidden. The night of December 31, 2024, will forever remain scarifying and horrific for Catherine Kathambi. As the world…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (308+ words) An agreement has finally been reached, ending the nurses’ strike that had paralysed services in public hospitals and health centres countrywide for 43 days. The resumption of medical services should largely ease the pain and agony of patients and their families....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (605+ words) Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah addresses the press at his office in Kilimani, Nairobi, on May 29, 2026. Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has moved to court over disputed ownership and directorship of a company awarded a Sh113 million government markets project in Uasin Gishu....

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (69+ words) Daily Nation Court finds that the succession process was based on incomplete information about surviving children. Driven by bed nets and effective treatments, hospitalisations and deaths among children have dropped by over 90pc, though researchers warn against funding cuts and complacency…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1003+ words) For 43 days, public hospitals across Kenya fell unusually quiet. Expectant mothers in labour were turned away at hospital gates, families scrambled to raise money for private treatment, and a healthcare system already under strain buckled under the weight of a…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1269+ words) Lilian Ngwase (left) and Leah Lison during interviews in Narok County. Carol Saoli never set out to become a female genital mutilation (FGM) cutter. In 1987, she was called upon to help when another cutter could not complete the rite after…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (348+ words) The doctors’ seven-day ultimatum to the government to resolve the standoff over the nurses’ more than 40-day strike could spell more doom for the health sector and the country. The industrial action by the nurses has largely paralysed services in…...