A Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one
It takes time to design and build a manufacturing plant, to obtain all the regulatory approvals, and to establish quality control processes.
Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done
E-learning has its own challenges too. Courses that require student practicals—such as the natural, health and physical sciences—have been heavily disrupted.
Delta variant makes it even more important to get a Covid-19 vaccine, even if you’ve already had the coronavirus
Covid-19 vaccines offer a safe and reliable path to immunity against both the older strains of coronavirus.
NHIF reforms should not impair private medical insurance
Currently, NHIF pays only a limited amount for the hospital bed and some procedures.
Top 25 Brands Transforming Lives in Kenya 2021
Novartis continues to play their role towards supporting governments in the disseminating information on the risks of self-medication.
Coronavirus variants: how did they evolve and what do they mean?
Although not all the mutations are thought to be important, the effect of any individual mutation might be changed by the presence of other mutations (an effect called epistasis).
Will coronavirus really evolve to become less deadly?
There is little or no direct evidence that virulence decreases over time. While newly emerged pathogens, such as HIV and Mers, are often highly virulent, the converse is not true.
Severe Covid in young people can mostly be explained by obesity – new study
Early studies reported that many more people who were overweight or obese were admitted to an ICU and needed mechanical ventilation than people who were not overweight or obese.
Medical oxygen should not be a luxury – we’re trying to develop a cheaper way to produce it
Oxygen is mostly obtained from liquefied air. Engineers turn the air we breathe into a liquid, using a combination of processes that cool down gases until they condensate.
Covid vaccines: why waiving patents won’t fix global shortage – scientist explains
South Africa and India have petitioned the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive certain IP protections, for a limited time, that relate to products for preventing, containing or treating Covid-19.