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Kemri researchers link hair relaxers to brain cancer

Nairobi, March 7 -- Researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have discovered formaldehyde, a harmful neurotoxin that can cause brain cancer and impair memory, in hair relaxers widel... Read More


New rules at African Union cost Kenyan top position at health body

Nairobi, March 6 -- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) deputy director Dr Ahmed Ogwell, from Kenya, will be leaving the agency at the end of this month, a victim of new rul... Read More


Palestinian woman pleads with President Ruto to urge Israel to stop Gaza bombings

Nairobi, Feb. 28 -- Mariam Al Jaajaa, 37, arrived in Nairobi to attend the 6th session of the UN Environment Assembly (Unea-6). But she saw this as an environment to send a message to President Willi... Read More


Breakthrough: Relief for DCI as Kemri develops nationwide forensic database to track murderers and sex offenders

Nairobi, Feb. 16 -- The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) is building a forensic reference DNA database that will help the government track down murder suspects, missing persons, disaster victi... Read More