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Birgunj cholera outbreak still out of control

Birgunj, Sept. 18 -- After efforts to contain the spread of cholera, which broke out in Birgunj last month and spilled over to adjoining local units and districts, the Ministry of Health and Populatio... Read More


Medics shocked by bullet wounds of Gen Z protesters

Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- Doctors and nurses at the National Trauma Centre had expected some participants of the Gen Z protest to come to them with baton-inflicted wounds and had prepared accordingly. B... Read More


Nepal's immunisation on the brink after vaccine stocks gutted in arsons

Kathmandu, Sept. 14 -- Thousands of doses of childhood vaccines have been destroyed after several health facilities, including cold chain storage units, in arson attacks during last week's anti-corrup... Read More


Scrub typhus cases spike in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- Of the 23 fever patients tested at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital on Tuesday, 10 or 44 percent were diagnosed with scrub typhus. Doctors at the hospital terme... Read More


National Public Health Laboratory confirms cholera outbreak in Birgunj

Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- Following earlier rapid diagnostic tests suggesting cholera, the National Public Health Laboratory has now officially confirmed the outbreak in Birgunj Metropolitan City. Of the... Read More


National lab confirms cholera outbreak in Birgunj

Kathmandu, Aug. 26 -- Following earlier rapid diagnostic tests suggesting cholera, the National Public Health Laboratory has now officially confirmed the outbreak in Birgunj Metropolitan City. Of the... Read More


42 test positive in massive cholera outbreak in Birgunj

Kathmandu, Aug. 24 -- At least 42 people from various wards of Birgunj Metropolitan City have tested positive with Cholera, a highly infectious waterborne disease that has been spreading since last we... Read More


Dengue virus kills one in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Aug. 15 -- At least one person died from the infection of the dengue virus in Kathmandu, which is probably the first death from the deadly disease this year. According to officials at the ... Read More


Kathmandu to sterilise over 10,000 street dogs this year

Kathmandu, Aug. 14 -- The Agriculture Department under the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to sterilise over 10,000 street dogs within the ongoing fiscal year. The sterilisation drive is part... Read More


Nepal sees sharp drop in hospital births

Kathmandu, Aug. 9 -- 25, a total of 20,900 women gave birth at Thapathali-based Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital. The figure was 22,379 in the previous fiscal year, and over 24,000 in fiscal y... Read More