May 2020 CNBC; Dr. Rafael Guillen spends a lot of time on the phone these days. His practice in the Bronx closed its doors in mid-March to protect staff and patients as the coronavirus pandemic escalated in New York City. He calls patients with the virus morning and night to monitor their …

May 2020 CNBC; South Africa will downgrade its coronavirus lockdown measures to level three on June 1, marking what President Cyril Ramaphosa called a “significant shift” in its approach to the pandemic. The move commences the full reopening of all manufacturing, mining, construction, financial services, professional and business services, information …

May 2020 CNN; Frustrated with your child’s picky eating? If you’re trying to fix the problem by becoming the food police, you’re probably making your child’s habit of picky eating worse, according to a new study that followed more than 300 parent-and-child pairs for five years. Demanding that a child …

May 2020 DailyNation; 72 more people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing total confirmed cases in Kenya to 1,286, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi has said in the latest update. These were from 2,711 samples tested. Of the new cases, 44 are male while 28 are female. Their ages …

May 2020 theStar; Kenya has lost 13 people following a cholera outbreak, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. The deaths are recorded in Marsabit (12), and Turkana (1). Kagwe on Thursday said the outbreak is localised in Marsabit and Turkana counties, adding that 70% of those affected are below 10 …

May 2020 BusinessDaily; Dr Kristina Sule is a cosmetic gynaecologist. It’s a relatively new branch of medicine that involves surgical and non-surgical enhancement and corrections of female genital structures. “As I did hundreds of Cesarean deliveries during my Master’s degree internship, I realised that I was keen on symmetry and …

May 2020 DailyNation; As the Covid-19 pandemic rages, many private hospitals are grappling with a different side-effect – financial problems. The growing costs and shrinking revenues are now forcing hospitals to ask their employees to take a pay cut. The issue has caused a push and pull between the health …

May 2020 DailyNation; The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen to 887 after 57 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, the highest tally since the first case was reported in the country in March. The cases comprise 23 females and 34 males, all aged between two …

May 2020 DailyNation; Surgeons will have to create time to clear the backlog of patients in need of elective surgeries, as the number keeps growing everyday. During the onset of the coronavirus in the country, elective surgeries across all government hospitals were suspended in March, forcing thousands of Kenyans in …

May 2020 DailyNation; Health workers’ quest for better allowances hangs in the balance after county governments were told to reorganise their budgets to raise Sh2.356 billion required to implement the welfare and insurance package This comes after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, in a letter to Salaries and Remuneration Commission …