Kenyan Men Joins Battle Against Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. Though a common practise in many parts of Africa, Middle east and Asia, FGM has no health benefits. It can actually cause many health complications Read more…
School Demands COVID-19 Results As Nine Pupils Test Positive Less than a week after schools reopened for examination classes, nine pupils at Kriste Mambo High School have tested positive to Covid-19. This has raised concerns about the non-examination classes reopening on Monday, prompting the Health ministry to order non-examination classes Read more…
Brazilian Viper Venom May Cure Covid Brazilian viper venom may help in fight against covid according to a study by Brazilian researchers. They discovered a molecule in the venom of a type of snake that inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells. This a possible huge step toward a drug to Read more…
What Is Dengue Fever? Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. The dengue virus is spread mainly by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito. The virus has five serotypes and infection with one type gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the Read more…
Mystery Fever Killing Children In India Mystery fever killing children in India. For more than a week now, children in some districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been waking up with a high fever and drenched in sweat, with many of them complaining of joint pains, Read more…
New COVID-19 Variant Detected In South Africa A new Covid-19 variant detected in South Africa and South African say the variant strain is already in circulation in most of the country’s provinces, as well as countries. According to Professor Barry Schoub the C.1.2 variant first detected in May is still Read more…
Brace For Malaria Season – Zim Govt The Zimbabwean government has urged it citizens to brace for malaria season. Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro has said the government is doing awareness programmes on how to prevent and control the spread of malaria. “We know mosquitoes Read more…
No Forced Vaccinations In Schools – Zim Govt No forced vaccinations in schools says the Zimbabwean Government. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has just told Parliament that there is no Government policy that compels school pupils to be vaccinated against their will before they can attend schools Read more…
Zim Govt Extends Level 4 Lockdown By Another 2 Weeks Zim govt extends level 4 lockdown by another 2 weeks. This was announced by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa in a statement on Tuesday night. "Government wishes to inform that the Level 4 Lockdown has been extended Read more…
Signs and Symptoms of Glaucoma You Should Not Ignore In this article, we are going to look at some of the signs and symptoms of glaucoma that you should definitely not ignore. First of all let us look at what glaucoma is. What is Glaucoma Glaucoma is an eye disease Read more…