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Nepal bans three veterinary painkillers linked to vulture deaths

Kathmandu, April 29 -- The Department of Drug Administration has banned three non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used in the treatment of ailing animals, citing negative impacts on public health, a... Read More


Nepal doctor's licence suspended after abortion-related death

Kathmandu, April 27 -- Nepal Medical Council, which formed a six-member team to investigate the death of a woman earlier this month following an abortion, suspended the licence of Dr Satish Rupakheti,... Read More


Birthing centres, crucial for mother and newborn safety, face funding cuts under new budget

Kathmandu, April 24 -- Thousands of contract employees serving under the Ministry of Health and Population lost jobs following the decision of the erstwhile Sushila Karki-led non-partisan government t... Read More


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