Starve a disease to death? Kenyan politician’s fasting advice on national TV is dangerous
Beatrice Elachi, a Kenyan MP, has a tip for people who are very sick: deny the disease nutrients by not eating or drinking.
Beatrice Elachi, a Kenyan MP, has a tip for people who are very sick: deny the disease nutrients by not eating or drinking.
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters in 2019. We checked whether the claims made were supported by data.
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters five years ago. But some of the successes it claims are not supported by data.
Daily Maverick recently published a glowing opinion piece on Kenya’s growth trajectory, which we took an interest in.
Despite concerns about drug abuse and addiction in Liberia, there are no credible statistics on the extent of the problem in the country.
The advice of Australian naturopath Barbara O’Neill continues to be popular online. But it’s unsupported by science.
Nigerians eat billions of servings of noodles. So a scare in Asia is causing alarm locally, with officials set to carry out tests.
Activated charcoal is one of the most medicinal products you can have at home, according to social media posts. Are these claims true?
There is still no cure for the HIV. Expensive treatments advertised on social media that claim otherwise should be ignored.
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