For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the world. In 2014, while treating Ebola patients in Guinea, I contracted and ...

Residents of Matunda in Bungoma County set a truck ablaze on Saturday after it lost control and killed five people on the Kitale-Webuye road. Eyewitnesses reported that the truck, which was coming ...

The lives of residents in Turkana, Garissa, and Bungoma counties are poised to benefit from the government's adjudication programme announced through a gazette notice on Friday. Cabinet Secretary for ...

How many deaths have been linked to the mystery disease in Congo? At least 60 deaths have been reported, according to the latest bulletin from the WHO's Africa office. In the initial outbreak ...

Thyroid diseases are characterized by hyperfunction (hyperthyroidism), hypofunction (hypothyoidism) or inflammation (thyroiditis) of the thyroid gland or the presence of thyroid nodules ...

Marcela Henao-Tamayo receives funding from NIAID, NIH and OEDIT. An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Scientists have uncovered the incredible immune defenses and biological adaptations that keep certain species disease-free ... to see many mud houses in Bungoma: "It's unheard of in Mt Kenya ...

He confirmed that the U.S. government will maintain financial support for health emergencies, including responses to contagious disease outbreaks like Ebola. Additionally, the U.S. will continue ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to long-term conditions that involve inflammation of the digestive tract or gut. It can lead to a range of digestive symptoms. According to the Centers for ...

Tall man Isaac Otesa aka Bungoma Goliath has elicited reactions after walking alongside Thika Superhighway. Bungoma Goliath's fans were worried to see him walking along the Thika Superhigway. Photo: ...

But for Maurice Michael Wechune, the journey was different. After graduating from Bungoma Teachers College in 2010, he envisioned a bright future as a TSC-employed teacher. However, that dream ...

At least 1,318 people have exhibited symptoms and 53 have died, the WHO said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring an unknown disease that has killed dozens in ...