Dengue cases surpass 11,000 in Bagmati Province
Dengue cases surpass 11,000 in Bagmati Province
Image for Representation BAGMATI: Dengue fever cases continue to surge in Bagmati Province, with over 11,000 confirmed cases reported in the past nine months. According to the Health Directorate ...
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Life expectancy increases by 21.5 years in Nepal over 30-year period, females outlive males
Life expectancy increases by 21.5 years in Nepal over 30-year period, females outlive males
Central Bureau of Statistics releasing the findings from the National Census of 2078 BS. KATHMANDU: The Central Bureau of Statistics has released the findings from the National Census of 2078 BS, ...
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PM Dahal affirms govt’s commitment to promoting public health
PM Dahal affirms govt’s commitment to promoting public health
Prime Minister Oushpa Kamal Dahal addressing on the occasion of 22nd Establishment Day of the National Academy of Health Sciences in Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘P...
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5 effects of eating too much sugar on body
5 effects of eating too much sugar on body
If you have been eating too much sugar lately, it not only increases the risk of diabetes, but it can also cause other health problems. Since sugar is used in many foods including drinks, sweets, a...
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Kathmandu’s air quality plummets
Kathmandu’s air quality plummets
Named second most polluted city today A partial view of Kathmandu/File Photo KATHMANDU: Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu, finds itself once more holding the unenviable title of the second most pol...
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Pregnancy and diabetes: An insight into gestational diabetes mellitus and its management
Pregnancy and diabetes: An insight into gestational diabetes mellitus and its management
Pregnancy brings a myriad of changes within a woman’s body. Among these, some may trigger the onset of gestational diabetes during gestation. This temporary form of diabetes emerges during pregnanc...
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Time To Decriminalise Cannabis
Time To Decriminalise Cannabis
Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has long been a topic of debate and controversy. However, as societal attitudes shift and scientific research advances, it is time to reevaluate our perceptio...
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USAID supports to expand children's hospital with disabilities
USAID supports to expand children's hospital with disabilities
By Kedar Timalsina,Banepa, May 5: USAID will be providing support to enhance the service delivery of the Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children (HRDC), Banepa.
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Climate change is a threat to health
Climate change is a threat to health
It has a profound effect on health, as rising temperatures can facilitate the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens. It is widely believed that climate change is the single biggest thre...
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Bangalore's HCG Hospital collaborating Nepal in cancer treatment
Bangalore's HCG Hospital collaborating Nepal in cancer treatment
Kathmandu, May 4: The HCG Cancer Hospital Bangalore is collaborating with Nepal-based Action Nepal and Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) for cancer control. The collaboration is being m...
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Ministry warns of action against illegally operating health facilities
Ministry warns of action against illegally operating health facilities
Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has issued a stern warning against health institutions found exploiting service seekers and operating unl...
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Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy
Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy
By Nia Price, BBC News science reporter, May 4: Humans may have caught leprosy from squirrels in medieval times, researchers say.
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73 succumb to tobacco consumption every day
73 succumb to tobacco consumption every day
Tobacco/File Photo: Wikipedia BHAKTAPUR: General Secretary of Right to Health and Tobacco Control Network Nepal Purnabhakta Duwal has said that 73 people die every day in the country due to tobacc...
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Nepal regulator to test Indian and Nepali spice brands for pesticides
Nepal regulator to test Indian and Nepali spice brands for pesticides
An official at the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control says pesticide residue has been found in spices of Nepali brands as well. The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control...
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Activists call for gender-friendly toilets across cities
Activists call for gender-friendly toilets across cities
Creating gender-inclusive restrooms in existing facilities is a solution, one of them says. Abena Katwal avoided toilets in her high school as using them would subject her to discomfort from her p...
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Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first
Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first
By Jack Guy, CNN, May 3: Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behaviour has been docum...
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Embrace Legacy Of Soybeans
Embrace Legacy Of Soybeans
An authentic meal reflects the cultural practices of the land. Food habits today are challenged by a surge in enticing food choices. With the increasing time constraints of a challenging work life,...
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Barhabise Hospital running without doctors for two weeks
Barhabise Hospital running without doctors for two weeks
Currently, the patients are returning home without treatment. Barhabise Municipal Hospital, located in ward 9 of Barhabise Municipality, has been without doctors for the past two weeks. According...
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Kathmandu again ranked world’s most polluted city with AQI 162
Kathmandu again ranked world’s most polluted city with AQI 162
Kathmandu, May 2: Kathmandu, the federal capital of Nepal, has been again ranked the world’s most polluted city. According to the data of the Air Quality Index today, Kathmandu’s overall AQI has r...
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IN PICS: Air pollution grips Kathmandu
IN PICS: Air pollution grips Kathmandu
Kathmandu breathes one of the most polluted air in the world. KATHMANDU: Kathmandu, the federal capital of Nepal, has been grappling with severe air pollution, earning it a spot among the world’s ...
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Butwal closes schools due to heatwave
Butwal closes schools due to heatwave
Hospitals report uptick in number of patients. Meteorological Forecasting Division predicts no respite from the heat for at least three days. Schools in Butwal Sub-metropolitan City have been clos...
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Temperatures of many districts in Tarai region exceed 40 degrees Celsius
Temperatures of many districts in Tarai region exceed 40 degrees Celsius
Heat wave conditions to continue for next three days, and western disturbances likely to cause rainfall next week, Met division says. People residing across the Tarai region will not have a sigh o...
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Barhabise Hospital running without doctors for 13 days
Barhabise Hospital running without doctors for 13 days
Currently, the patients are returning home without treatment. Barhabise Municipal Hospital, located in ward 9 of Barhabise Municipality, has been without doctors for 13 days. According to Rajkuma...
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Extensive search and immunize campaign to be organized on May 13
Extensive search and immunize campaign to be organized on May 13
Kathmandu, May 1: The Ministry of Health and Population is to vaccinate the children who missed out on the regular immunization programme. This extensive search and immunisation campaign will be or...
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Perimenopause may raise risk of one mental health condition by 40%, study finds
Perimenopause may raise risk of one mental health condition by 40%, study finds
By Kristen Rogers, May 1: In the years leading up to menopause, a person can experience a multitude of symptoms, including emotional shifts such as depression. Now, a new study has quantified the r...
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Denmark to restrict Ozempic, other GLP-1 drugs, to treat type 2 diabetes
Denmark to restrict Ozempic, other GLP-1 drugs, to treat type 2 diabetes
Demand for Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic has soared as many people have started using the diabetes drug for its weight-loss effects. Denmark will start putting patients suffering from type ...
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Health Ministry to run ‘extensive search and immunize’ campaign for children
Health Ministry to run ‘extensive search and immunize’ campaign for children
Building of Ministry of Health and Population located at Ramshah Path in Kathmandu. (File photo/Khabarhub) KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population is to vaccinate the children missed out ...
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Extensive search and immunize campaign to be organized on May 13
Extensive search and immunize campaign to be organized on May 13
Kathmandu, May 1: The Ministry of Health and Population is to vaccinate the children who missed out on the regular immunization programme. This extensive search and immunisation campaign will be or...
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Feeling the heat
Feeling the heat
The government must create green technology-based building designs to combat heatwaves and other climate-related crises. The mercury in the lowlands of Terai-Madhes has recently been hovering arou...
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Feeling the heat
Feeling the heat
The government must create green building designs to combat heatwaves. The mercury in the lowlands of Terai-Madhes has recently been hovering around 40 degrees Celsius. On Monday, citizens in Dhan...
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Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of Beijing’s continuing pr...
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Man injured in forest fire dies
Man injured in forest fire dies
The man died while undergoing treatment at the Kirtipur-based Nepal Cleft and Burn Centre, police say. A man, who was injured while putting out a fire at Tapeshwar community forest in Godawari Mun...
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Pollution in Kathmandu: Health Ministry urges people to wear masks
Pollution in Kathmandu: Health Ministry urges people to wear masks
Ministry of Health and Population/File Photo KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has urged people to wear masks in view of the increase in air pollution in Kathmandu. Stating that th...
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Vaping linked with higher risk of exposure to toxic metals, study finds
Vaping linked with higher risk of exposure to toxic metals, study finds
By Kristen Rogers, Apr 30: Vaping has been known for its association with respiratory disease and nicotine addiction. Now, a new study, building upon previous evidence, has found that among teens, ...
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DPM seeks meaningful assistance for Nepal to preserve development gains
DPM seeks meaningful assistance for Nepal to preserve development gains
Kathmandu, April 30 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, has said meaningful assistance from the international development partners including the UN was es...
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Kathmandu ranks as world’s most polluted city
Kathmandu ranks as world’s most polluted city
Air quality data reveals alarming PM2.5 levels Kathmandu, the federal capital of Nepal/File KATHMANDU: In a stark revelation, Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, has been identified as the most...
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Nepal's approach to population and development is right-based: DPM Yadav
Nepal's approach to population and development is right-based: DPM Yadav
Kathmandu, April 30 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, informed the international community that Nepal adopts right-based approach while dealing with the...
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Connecting with nature for mental well-being
Connecting with nature for mental well-being
Psychologist Sujina Manandhar explains how spending time outdoors is good for our mental health. In today’s fast-paced world, where screens dominate our attention and stress seems to be an ever-pr...
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Nepal’s approach to population and development is right-based: Minister Yadav
Nepal’s approach to population and development is right-based: Minister Yadav
Health Minister Upendra Yadav (L) addressing the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on Population and Development in New York. KATHMANDU: Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, in...
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CDC says it’s identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles
CDC says it’s identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles
Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the vir...
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Toxic air is giving young children asthma
Toxic air is giving young children asthma
Doctors say it could damage lungs, and urge prompt medical attention for symptoms like shortness of breath, wheezing. A few weeks ago, an eight-month-old baby girl from Arubari in the Capital was ...
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Kathmandu tops list of most polluted cities worldwide
Kathmandu tops list of most polluted cities worldwide
Kathmandu retains title as world's most polluted city KATHMANDU: In a distressing revelation, Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, continues to hold the ignominious distinction of being the most pollu...
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A closer look at OCD
A closer look at OCD
Psychologist Bohara explains obsessive-compulsive disorder, it’s symptoms, coping strategies and myths. From the outside, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) might seem like a simple case of being...
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Sweltering heat in Lumbini Province, people urged for caution
Sweltering heat in Lumbini Province, people urged for caution
Kathmandu, April 28: In the wake of sweltering heat, especially in Terai belt and Lumbini Province, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, has urged people to stay at home. Both the minimum ...
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Rising Threat Of Malaria
Rising Threat Of Malaria
Malaria is widespread in tropical and sub-tropical countries, and people from Tarai belt of Nepal have been facing the scourge of this disease for ages. It continues to impact millions of people re...
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Controversies Of Non-sugar Sweeteners
Controversies Of Non-sugar Sweeteners
In recent years, non-sugar sweeteners have gained immense popularity as a seemingly healthier alternative to sugar. Marketed as calorie-free or low-calorie options, these artificial sweeteners have...
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People in 7 districts to be given anti-elephantiasis medicine
People in 7 districts to be given anti-elephantiasis medicine
A two-week-long campaign starting Sunday could be the last in Nepal. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division says all preparations for a mass drug administration drive have been completed in...
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Nepal misses malaria elimination goal, new deadline may be 2030
Nepal misses malaria elimination goal, new deadline may be 2030
Open border, budget cuts, and mosquitoes moving to higher altitudes due to climate change pose major challenges. Nepal missed the malaria elimination target, and this is official. The government ...
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Doctor shortage chronic in Karnali Province. Recruitment efforts utterly unsucessful
Doctor shortage chronic in Karnali Province. Recruitment efforts utterly unsucessful
Specialist doctors are sorely lacking as only 10 out of 79 positions are occupied. More than 500 health worker positions are vacant. Doctors and health workers think they are being punished when t...
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Elephantiasis treatment campaign begins Sunday in 7 districts
Elephantiasis treatment campaign begins Sunday in 7 districts
Kathmandu, April 26 To control elephantiasis, the government is going to start a common medicine campaign on April 28 in seven districts. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division of the Depa...
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