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FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar

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FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar
23 Jun, Kathmandu: The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it has sent warning letters to dozens of retailers selling fruit- and candy-flavored disposable e-cigarettes, including the current best-selling brand, Elf Bar. It’s the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years. Last month, the FDA issued... Read More

Obese employees face productivity loss: Study

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Obese employees face productivity loss: Study
18 Jun, Kathmanduu: According to an industry-supported study at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual conference in Chicago, Ill, people with obesity may be less productive at work owing to an increased risk of sickness, which would raise expenditures for companies. Obesity is a significant public health issue affecting approximately 42% of people in the United States. Employees with overweight... Read More

Government urges citizens to get shots against COVID-19

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Government urges citizens to get shots against COVID-19
24 April, Kathmandu: The Ministry of Health and Population has urged the public for COVID-19 vaccination in view of increasing infections of the virus. According to ministry joint-spokesperson Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, the vaccination against COVID-19 reduces the infection risk. In case of the infection, an unvaccinated person is 10 times at risk of taking ill seriously than of the... Read More

Bharatpur Hospital expanding services

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Bharatpur Hospital expanding services
10 April, Kathmandu: The Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan will be expanding its services on the occasion of its 67th anniversary. As the hospital said, it will be adding Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), critical care unit (CCU), and Burn Unit to its service list. Similarly, it has decided to expand the 20-bed intensive care unit (ICU) to the 30-bed facility... Read More

Brazil hits 700,000 COVID-19 virus deaths

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Brazil hits 700,000 COVID-19 virus deaths
29 March, Kathmandu: Brazil’s government on Tuesday reported the 700,000th death from COVID-19 in the South American nation, which has the second most victims of the virus after the United States. Brazilian health experts say most people dying of COVID-19 in recent days are either unvaccinated or suffer from other debilitating diseases. “The vaccine currently available in every health care... Read More

B&B Hospital to provide discount for journalists

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B&B Hospital to provide discount for journalists
04 December, KATHMANDU : The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has reached an agreement with B&B Hospital to provide a 15 percent discount on the treatment and medicines for working journalists, and their families across the country. The hospital chief administrator Prakash Bhattarai, and chief of the FNJ Lalitpur chapter Sagar Neupane signed an agreement to this effect amid a... Read More

How concerned should you be about Covid-19 XBB sub-variant?

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How concerned should you be about Covid-19 XBB sub-variant?
01 Nobember, KATHMANDU : A new variant – XBB, a highly transmissible Omicron strain of coronavirus is spreading across several countries, forcing them to tighten curbs against widening outbreaks.  Nepal has also confirmed to have detected Covid-19 XBB sub-variant. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the new sub-variant was detected during genome sequencing on swab samples collected from... Read More

Bagmati province reports over 27,000 dengue cases

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Bagmati province reports over 27,000 dengue cases
12 Oct, Kathmandu: Twenty-seven thousand 750 people have been infected with dengue in Bagmati province since July 17 till date, the Bagmati Province Health Directorate said.Likewise, 21 persons in the province have died due to dengue infection. It is said out of 13 districts of the province, Kathmandu is the worst-affected while Rasuwa is the least affected. Kathmandu reports 11,467... Read More

Health Ministry provides free Cetamol to hospitals, local level

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Health Ministry provides free Cetamol to hospitals, local level
01 October, KATHMANDU : The government has provided 550,000 units of Cetamol for 14 local bodies in Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts, and 16 hospitals. The Ministry of Health and Population provided pain relieving medicine for free to the local level governments and hospitals to help support the treatment of dengue patients. The Department of Health Services stated that the Kathmandu... Read More

Chandragiri Municipality to test dengue for free

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Chandragiri Municipality to test dengue for free
26 September, KATHMANDU : The Chandragiri Municipality has made arrangements to test dengue for free from the Primary Hospital in Dhankot to the citizens of the municipality. The patients are receiving free health care services including tests and treatment for dengue. Mayor of Chandragiri Municipality Ghanshyam Giri said the provision of free health care against dengue was managed according to... Read More