Impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases in Nepal With the recent rise in global temperatures, Nepal is among several nations severly impacted by climate change. Health 05 Jun, 2024
Climate change puts Lyme disease in focus for France's Valneva after COVID blow The Lyme disease vaccine trial will start in the coming weeks, involving at least 5,000 people over the age of five. World 08 Aug, 2022
'Health system needs to be restructured' Over the years, the country has seen a surge in dengue and scrub typhus cases. Recently, a patient suspected of contracting novel coronavirus was admitted to a hospital. Whenever these cases surface, people start panicking because they do not fully... Travel 20 Jan, 2020
Bacteria-infected mosquitoes take bite out of deadly dengue WASHINGTON: They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would spread. Dengue infections appear to be dropping fast in communities in Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil and Australia... Environment 22 Nov, 2019
Brazil says deaths from dengue up 163% in first half of year RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's health ministry says deaths from dengue fever in the last six months have risen 163% from the same period last year. The ministry said in a note Monday that heavier rains and higher temperatures have been contributing... Environment 25 Jun, 2019
Nepal at high risk of imported diseases outbreak Kathmandu, November 12 Nepalis are at greater risk of contracting imported infectious diseases, as several countries, where Nepalis are working as migrant workers, have reported increasing cases of Zika, Ebola and other types of influenza, according... Horoscopes 13 Nov, 2018
WHO South-East Asia countries to discuss priority regional health issues The meeting will also dwell on improving people’s access to essential medicines Kathmandu, August 31 Member countries of World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region will be meeting in New Delhi from September 3 to 7 to discuss... Horoscopes 01 Sep, 2018
�Climate change adversely affecting public health� Kathmandu, March 31 Climate change is having an adverse impact on public health in recent years, according to experts. During a two-day National Conference ‘Climate change and Health’ organised by Nepal Health Research Council here,... Horoscopes 01 Apr, 2018
Mosquito-packed drones could give extra bite to Zika fight TEPIC: Spraying thousands of chilled, sterile mosquitoes from specially adapted drones could prove a cost-effective way to slash numbers of the insects and curb the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases, say the backers of the... Environment 23 Jan, 2018
One dies from dengue in Chitwan CHITWAN: A person has succumbed to dengue in Chitwan district. The deceased has been identified as a 79-year-old man from Handikhola, Manahari Rural Municipality-3 of Makwanpur district, according to Vector Controller at the Chitwan District Public... Travel 18 Jan, 2018
LETTERS: Foreign employment Apropos of the news story “Number of Nepali youths leaving for foreign destinations on the rise” (THT, December 7, Page 3), if there is any industry that will change the economic face of our country, it is migrant labour and migrant labour alone.... 08 Dec, 2017
Fatal Chikungunya virus: Emerging in Nepal Thus, the time has arrived to take precautionary measures, establishing disease surveillance network, and to develop control and response programs against chikungunya virus in Nepal Chikungunya virus is an emerging infectious tropical disease in... 06 Dec, 2017
