Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Not wasted: Sewage in Nepal serves as affordable virus warning tool

A pungent smell hangs in the early morning air as researchers collect samples of sewage dumped into a river in Nepal—a cost-effective way to trace the coronavirus spread for the resource-strapped Himalayan nation.

Pediatrics

Nepal quake leaves children traumatised

Ten-year-old Ranju Giri wrings her hands as she describes how she cowered terrified under a bed with her younger brother when a massive earthquake rocked their home in Kathmandu.

Other

Disabled Frenchman makes record jump over Everest

A French multiple sclerosis sufferer Sunday became the first disabled person to skydive over Mount Everest, successfully completing his landing before being taken to hospital as a precaution.

Health

Nepal sends in the clowns to help young patients

He may not be much of a doctor but the children's faces light up when Dush The Clown shuffles onto their ward in his floppy shoes and red nose to prescribe his unique brand of medical care.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Tourists in Nepal warned over cholera outbreak

Nepal on Monday urged foreign travellers to take precautions against cholera after 13 people died in an outbreak in the remote west of the country.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nepal 'werewolf' family to be treated in Kathmandu

A family suffering from a rare genetic condition in which hair grows all over the face arrived in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Sunday for treatment of their "werewolf-like" appearance.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nepal in mass poultry cull after bird flu found

Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said Sunday.

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