Studies show that mobile phones carry a lot of bacteria and are easily contaminated due to their frequent usage at many public places including health centres, markets and other populated areas
By Eldon Opiyo A microbe that is transmitted between male and female mosquitoes but can also block reproduction could be key to controlling malaria by targeting its release into mosquito populations, a study says. The study published in Frontiers in Microbiology found that the microbe called Microsporidia MB can pass from one mosquito to another as they mate. It […]
KEY POINTS Fully vaccinated people are still getting infected with Covid, though to a much lesser extent than unvaccinated people. No Covid vaccine is 100% effective but immunization greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death. Variants have posed a challenge to the effectiveness of Covid vaccines but whether booster shots will be needed is […]
Liver cancer is strikingly prevalent in West Africa. Specialists point to high rates of hepatitis as a likely cause, but the region is not well equipped to deal with the epidemic. The World Cancer Research Fund collects data on the prevalence of cancer types across the globe. When it comes to liver cancer, 8 West […]
