Temperatures in several Tarai districts hit 40 degrees. Met office warns of heatwave conditions

Kathmandu, April 23 -- With temperatures in the Tarai districts of Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces approaching 40 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has issued a heatwave warn... Read More

Legal but not safe

Kathmandu, April 22 -- nine-year-old Gita Pandey from ward 2 of Bagnaskali Rural Municipality of Palpa district succumbed to complications on Sunday following an abortion. Pandey had reached the Butw... Read More

As snakes thrive in upper climes, more people dying from venomous bites

Kathmandu, April 22 -- Eleven snakebite patients visited the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital for treatment between March 15 and April 13. Doctors attending the patients said that mos... Read More

Government health insurance scheme nears collapse as hospitals halt services

Kathmandu, April 21 -- The government's health insurance scheme, the national priority programme aimed at ensuring universal health coverage, has almost collapsed, as most state-run health facilities ... Read More

One in five Nepalis aged over 30 found hypertensive and obese

Kathmandu, April 19 -- One in five people above 30 from across the country are found to be suffering from high blood pressure, and nearly the same number suffer from obesity, a new report of a nationw... Read More

15 local levels on dengue alert as infections rise

Kathmandu, April 15 -- The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has alerted 15 local levels across the country, including the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, about the risk of a massive dengue surge... Read More

After brief relief, Kathmandu air slips back to unhealthy

Kathmandu, April 15 -- Air quality in most parts of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley, which had been at its worst until a month ago, had improved with the intensification of premonsoon acti... Read More

UNICEF supplies vitamin A for next week's nationwide campaign after government misses procurement deadline

Kathmandu, April 13 -- The Ministry of Health and Population again turned to UNICEF for help after failing to procure vitamin A supplements in time for a nationwide drive slated for April 19 and 20. U... Read More

Nepal's measles elimination goal is slipping away

Kathmandu, April 13 -- The vaccination status of most infected people, including children in the recent measles outbreaks in Sarlahi and several local units of Baglung, was unknown. Health workers dep... Read More

Drug regulator chief transferred as pharma lobby pushes for price hike

Kathmandu, April 10 -- Amid mounting pressure from drug manufacturers to raise medicine prices, the government has recalled the director general of the Department of Drug Administration, Narayan Prasa... Read More

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