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Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells

By | 4 weeks ago

Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology. Working like sciss...

Health CS Susan Nakhumicha
‘1.4 million Kenyans living with HIV’ – CS Nakhumicha

By | 5 months ago

Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has revealed that over 1.4 Kenyans are living with HIV, even as the world commemorates World AIDS Day. Speak...

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More men died of AIDS in last decade – report

By | 1 year ago

The National Syndemic Diseases Control Council has revealed that more men died of HIV/Aids compared to women in the last decade. According to the data...

Image showing positive results for Monkeypox. PHOTO/Courtesy
Man tests positive for monkeypox, Covid and HIV

By | 2 years ago

Scientists have reported the first known case of a person testing positive for monkeypox, Covid-19 and HIV at the same time. Earlier th...

A digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic image depicts a single, red colored H9-T cell that had been infected by numerous, spheroid shaped, mustard colored human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles attached to the cell's surface membrane. Courtesy NIAID
Oldest patient cured of HIV after stem cell transplant – researchers

By | 2 years ago

The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported. While the transplant was plan...

Zimbabwean prophet with ‘ability to cure HIV’ arrives in Kenya for mega crusade

By | 2 years ago

Religious leader and prophet Walter Magaya is in Kenya. The founder and senior pastor of Prophetic Healing Deliverance Ministries (P.H.D) and who is k...

Use of condoms on the decline in Kenya – Aids control council

By | 2 years ago

The number of people using condoms in the country have declined over the past few years, the National Aids Control Council has revealed. According to ...

A 46-year-old man from Bulapesa Sub-Location in Isiolo Town has been arrested on suspicion of defiling an 18-month old baby. [PHOTO | FILE]
Family cries for justice after their daughter was defiled, infected with HIV by relative

By | 2 years ago

A family in Mugango village in Migori County is crying for help after their daughter was defiled, threatened and infected with HIV by her uncle. The 1...

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What the discovery of a new HIV strain means

By | 4 years ago

The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world. The big question is what the...

‘My mother died without telling me I had HIV’

By | 5 years ago

Some parents in Kenya take the secret of their HIV status to their graves, leaving their children ignorant and unwell. Brian Omondi, who was born with...

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