Scrub typhus is spreading across Nepal. Here's what you need to know

Kathmandu, Oct. 1 -- If you are in an area where scrub typhus is being reported and develop a high fever, particularly with shaking chills, severe headache, body ache, swollen lymph nodes or a painles... Read More

Nepal flood survivors are leaving temporary camps as government delays rehabilitation

Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- Blemde Ghale, 28, a resident of Khalte in Rasuwa, lost four members of his family-his mother, his eight-year-old son Roman, and his two brothers- in the Bhotekoshi flood. Ghale ... Read More

A four-year-old died of rabies at home last week, but his death does not appear in government records

Nepal, Sept. 28 -- On September 23, a four-year-old boy from Sindhuli was rushed to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu after he developed rabies symptoms. The following day... Read More

Avoid long-distance travel from Friday to Sunday, suspend Himalayan treks: Met office

Kathmandu, Sept. 23 -- The Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has cautioned all to suspend trekking in the Himalayan region and those already on trekkin... Read More

For Bhotekoshi flood survivors, the tuin is an ordeal

Nepal, Sept. 23 -- A few days ago, Gokarna Adhikari, a resident of Dandathok in ward 7 in Bidur Municipality, set out for Kathmandu, after his heart patient father ran out of medicines. He started hi... Read More

24 days after flood, hunger grips three Rasuwa wards

Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- It has been 24 days since Tashi Wangden, husband of Jandra Tamang from ward 2 of Amachhodingmo Rural Municipality in Rasuwa district, went missing in the devastating Bhotekoshi ... Read More

24 days after flood, hunger grips three Rusuwa wards

Kathmandu, Sept. 18 -- It has been 24 days since Tashi Wangden, husband of Jandra Tamang from ward 2 of Amachhodingmo Rural Municipality in Rasuwa district, went missing in the devastating Bhotekoshi ... Read More

JE is killing more adults in Nepal as vaccination only covers children

Kathmandu, Sept. 18 -- Nepal is witnessing a steep surge in cases of Japanese encephalitis infections, a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain. The disease is not only making people sick... Read More

After the floods, Nepal's survivors face the uncertainty of starting over

Kathmandu, Sept. 15 -- The children were running towards the road, screaming. At the time, Sabitri Tamang was in her field at Satbise, Nuwakot, gathering fodder for her cattle, when she saw students ... Read More

Flood survivors face water shortages, disease risk in crowded holding centres

Nuwakot, Sept. 14 -- At the holding centre in Pipalatar of Bidur Municipality, five-year-old Yobisa Shrestha was playing on the afternoon of September 8 when she suddenly developed a fever and began v... Read More

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