Leon Lidigu
Health and Science Reporter at Daily Nation
global health & climate journalist . @ICFJ Winner 2021, 2022, @QHKAwards Winner 2023, AJEA Winner 2022,2023 . @AfricaREACH1 leadership council member.
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2 days ago |
nation.africa | Leon Lidigu
Scientists have found no significant link between marijuana use and reduced sperm quality in men. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a healthy sperm count is 15 million sperm per millilitre (ml) of semen or more. Anything below this threshold is considered low. The new findings from a peer-reviewed study published last week in the Journal of Andrology by researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health analysed semen samples from 921 men.
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2 days ago |
nation.africa | Leon Lidigu
Justice Stephen Radido not only rejected the county's application to stop the ongoing doctors' strike but delivered a stinging rebuke to the county leadership, questioning why Kiambu County finds itself "perennially involved in industrial tussles with its doctors unlike the majority of other counties." In his judgment, Justice Radido made it clear that the court would not intervene in what he termed as a pattern of labour disputes that sets Kiambu apart from other counties that have managed...
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4 days ago |
nation.africa | Leon Lidigu
As the strike by Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers enters the 17th week, it has emerged that the Ministry of Health has been paying millions of shillings every month to thousands of ghost workers. Investigations reveal that some 3,000 ghost UHC staff have been pocketing more than Sh1.5 million every month, and taxpayers may have lost close to Sh9 billion since 2020 when the defective payroll started running.
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4 days ago |
nation.africa | Leon Lidigu
Imagine waking up one day—healthy, energetic—only to collapse the next, your limbs paralysed forever. Suddenly, you lose basic, everyday functions such as holding a comb, brushing your teeth, or signing your name. Then comes the medical verdict: no cure, no reversal. This is your new normal. For many young Kenyans, this nightmare is a reality. Strokes, once considered an "old person’s disease," are now striking youths as young as 16.
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1 week ago |
taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Leon Lidigu
Habari Wazazi kote nchini wahangaika kutafuta chanjo kila hospitali ikikaukiwa Na LEON LIDIGU May 30th, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 1 WAZAZI kote nchini wanapitia wakati mgumu kufuatia uhaba mkubwa wa chanjo za watoto wachanga, hali inayolazimu baadhi yao kuzunguka hospitali mbalimbali kusaka chanjo ya kwanza ya watoto wao, bila mafanikio. Bi Naomi Wesonga, mama aliyejifungua mtoto wake wa kwanza Jumatano, Mei 28 katika Hospitali ya MP Shah, ni miongoni mwao.
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RT @augustinevickie: Have checked out this week’s issue of The @MediaObserverK ? Cover page pays tribute to @RitaTinina SIP 🕊️ Alafu @Leo…
Thank you @Novartis 😃 amazing work going on by Scientists here that is focused on re-imagining medicine. Absolutely learnt a lot this week coz it's been a super fine week for Science. 🥰 https://t.co/itnFS4j9dD
The Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) & the Ministry of Agriculture say national maize production will be 4.2 million tonnes, 15-20 % above the 5-year average. My dispatch is here . https://t.co/s6X5FPv1sM
