Call for action to mitigate climate migration as droughts, floods, lost livelihoods force vulnerable families to leave.

Drug regulator says shoddy drugs may have already reached patients given the slow lab testing process.

Over 2,000 neonates die in Nepal each year. Child health experts warn the halt in crucial programmes threatens years of progress in child health.

MCA Nepal unaffected, but healthcare programmes including micronutrient survey, demographic health survey and disease surveillance could be derailed.

Experts say infections in children and in new districts pose challenges to kala-azar eradication by 2026.

Department of Hydrology and Meteorology had predicted a hot and dry winter this year.

Climate change and weakening link between the public and forests due to migration are amplifying risks, experts say.

Back-to-back or simultaneous infections can cause pneumonia and severe deterioration in health, say experts.

Complications were diagnosed at a local health post, but cost concerns and lack of awareness led to home delivery.

Health authorities mull community-level surveillance to prevent the virus from spreading further.

Several programmes—access to the HPV vaccine, screening for the mental health of jailbirds and pregnant women, promotion of open gyms, yoga and free cancer treatment for children—have been planned for 2025.

The second and third cases are Saudi Arabia returnees. Doctors warn further cases may emerge as only symptomatic individuals have sought treatment.

As mercury dips, burn cases rise significantly. Doctors advise caution while using fire to keep warm.

Officials say clade identification is crucial to understanding the virus’s virulence and transmissibility, and curbing the spread of deadly disease.

A 36-year-old man from Tanahun, a Saudi Arabia returnee, tested positive for the deadly virus.