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The return of communicable diseases
Recent outbreaks of infectious diseases weigh down Nepal’s health system even as it deals with rising chronic maladies
Nepal’s success in typhoid vaccine trial
International conference in Kathmandu to showcase path-breaking research in prevention and treatment of the disease
Another Covid wave, but milder
Experts urge caution for at risk groups, but no panic
Tourism picks up
I nternational tourist arrivals increased by 58% in July-September, compared to the same period of 2020. This is still 64% below average 2019…
Dying to get vaccinated
Scientists can invent vaccines, but political scientists cannot find answers to vaccine denial
Nepal fights infodemic to push vaccine
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALASo far, 450,000 Nepalis have received the first dose of Covishield, reaching 85% of the target group in the first phase of…
Nepal braces for new wave with vaccine drive
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAEven as Nepal completes the first phase of its Covid vaccine drive to inoculate frontline health workers and other…
Nepalis overseas get first vaccinations
Nischal Shrestha, a caregiver in Israel, getting vaccinated last week.Long before Nepalis in Nepal will be vaccinated against the coronavirus,…
Nepalis overseas get first vaccinations
Nischal Shrestha, a caregiver in Israel, getting vaccinated last week.Long before Nepalis in Nepal will be vaccinated against the coronavirus,…
90% in poor countries will miss Covid vaccinations
The introduction of vaccines against the coronavirus have been described as the light at the end of the tunnel. But for most of the poorest…
90% in poor countries will miss Covid vaccinations
The introduction of vaccines against the coronavirus have been described as the light at the end of the tunnel. But for most of the poorest…
Experts caution against extending Nepal lockdown
Children in Gai Jatra procession in Kathmandu on Tuesday even as the risk of COVID-19 looms over the capital. Participants have however taken to…
Children are collateral damage in Nepal lockdown
Photo: GOPEN RAIOn Friday, it will be four months since Nepal closed the country down to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus strain that…
Smallpox, politics and power in Kathmandu
The third in a series about how epidemics in the past determined the course of Nepal’s history
Could an anti-TB vaccine be protecting Nepalis?
Researchers have been puzzled about why while the COVID-19 pandemic ravages China, Europe and now North America, low-income countries in South…
A shot in the arm for vaccines in Nepal
Photo : UNICEFLast month, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study of the successful trial of a new typhoid vaccine…