Good morning,
We start the day on a positive note. The deadly HIV virus that has tormented the human race for a long time is at the edge of being eliminated after scientists successfully got the cure. This breakthrough that also involved a Kenyan doctor brings hope to the world after series of developments to fight the plague.
However, there are worries whether this invention might promote the infection rate.
Below are other news making headlines this morning.
This man Itumbi
Blogger Dennis Itumbi has courted controversy throughout his career as a journalist.
In July last year, all social media handles that Itumbi had set up were disabled by Kanze Dena, spokesperson for the Office of the President and head of his Strategic Communication Unit.
Wambui Kamiru thanks public for support after Collymore’s death
Wambui Kamiru has spoken publicly for the first time since her husband Bob Collymore succumbed to cancer on Monday.
Writing on her Twitter handle, the artist and founder of The Art Space, thanked her followers on social media for their support.
Ray of hope as scientists cure HIV in animals
A Kenyan medic is among five researchers at an American university who have come up with test trials that promise to eliminate the HIV virus that causes Aids.
The study that was reported in the Nature Communications journal on Tuesday, raises hopes of a vaccine that could eliminate the HIV virus from the body, unlike the current Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy that suppresses the replication of the virus.
Scientists, among them a Kenyan have registered significant success in establishing a cure for HIV. Concerns, however, remain over the spike in infection rate, with reports rife that men are already having multiple partners due to pre-exposure drugs. Will HIV cure be more of a curse than a blessing?