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Nepal reports a dozen indigenous malaria cases since January

Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- Around a dozen cases of indigenous malaria infection have been reported since January, this year, which is a serious setback in the country's efforts to achieve its malaria elim... Read More


Finance ministry flooded with public grievances

Kathmandu, Sept. 25 -- Within just two days of the launch of email addresses [email protected] and [email protected] and toll free hotline numbers, the Ministry of Finance has received over 600 phone ... Read More


Cholera cases jump in Parsa district

Kathmandu, Sept. 24 -- A new infection of cholera, a deadly waterborne disease that first broke out in the first week of August, is starting to resurge in the local units of Parsa district including i... Read More


New cholera cases quadruple within days in Parsa

Kathmandu, Sept. 23 -- A new infection of cholera, a deadly waterborne disease that first broke out in the first week of August, is starting to resurge in the local units of Parsa district including i... Read More


Children, teens show mental health problems after Gen Z protest

Kathmandu, Sept. 18 -- old girl from Kathmandu was rushed to Kanti Children's Hospital, Maharajgunj after she stopped sleeping in the night and remained anxious all the time. Doctors attending the pat... Read More


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