Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth: researchers
People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting roughly 30,000 microplastics, the researchers said.
Category: Lifestyle & Health
Why Kissing Bearded Men Poses Health Risks
Kissing men with beards can pose certain health risks, especially if the beard isn’t properly cleaned. Beards can harbor bacteria like staphylococcus (staph) and streptococcus (strep), which may transfer to the skin during close contact.
Senetor Omtatah Calls For Immediate Suspension Of SHA
This follows the latest report from Auditor General Nancy Gathungu that revealed that SHA is a Ksh104 billion corruption scheme that the government neither owns nor controls, jeopardizing the billions Kenyans contribute to healthcare.
Ruto Refutes Claims That Gov’t Spends Ksh104 Billion On SHA
President William Ruto has dismissed the Auditor General’s report, which claimed that the government spent Ksh104 billion on the Social Health Authority (SHA) system despite not owning it.
Clinical Officer Set To Protest Over Their Exclusion From SHA
The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) is organizing peaceful demonstrations today to protest against what they describe as deliberate discrimination and exclusion of clinical officers from the Social Health Insurance Authority (SHA).
Vaccine critic RFK Jr backs measles jab amid deadly US outbreak
Recently confirmed as health secretary, Kennedy has previously made numerous false and misleading claims about the safety of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, and had downplayed the growing outbreak, saying annual outbreaks were “not unusual.”
Over 400 Cases Of Cholera Outbreak Reported In Sudan
The surge in cases was attributed to a “shortage of water due to power outages,” the health ministry in White Nile state said in a statement.
Wagonjwa nane wa Ebola nchini Uganda waruhusiwa hospitali
Waziri Jane Ruth Aceng amesema kuwa wagonjwa hao wanane walikuwa wakitibiwa na sasa wamepona kikamilifu.
8 Uganda Ebola patients recover, outbreak ‘contained’
Eight patients treated for Ebola in Uganda have recovered, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, declaring the country’s latest outbreak of the deadly disease “contained”.
Nairobi Hospital Assures Public Of Quality Healthcare Services Amid Legal Battle
The Kenya Hospital Association (KHA), which manages Nairobi Hospital, has assured the public that its commitment to providing quality healthcare services remains unaffected despite an ongoing legal battle.
