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Case of HIV patient in remission offers hope to millions living with virus
LONDON: When Ash Kotak found out he was HIV-positive in 1993, the diagnosis was still a death sentence. “I was told…
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‘Waterborne disease, another threat for nation’
KATHMANDU, JULY 11 While the country is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, health workers have warned that people are under…
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Varieties of masks – what are the options?
KATHMANDU: Masks have become fundamental in the present scenario, nationally as well as globally, as coronavirus infection is still on…
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WHO advance team heads to China to set up probe into coronavirus origin
GENEVA: A two-member advance team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts has left for China to organise an investigation into…
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Psoriasis injection gets green light for ‘restricted emergency use’ on Covid-19 patients
KATHMANDU: Itolizumab, a Psoriasis injection, has been approved by India’s drug regulator for “restricted emergency use” to treat Covid-19 patients…
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Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms, UN says
VIENNA: The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a UN report on wildlife…
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Coping with fear of Covid-19
KATHMANDU: With more than a hundred days in lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, the general state of mind of most…
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World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold in 5 years: UN
GENEVA: The world could see average global temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial average for the first…
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Making sure our four-legged friends are fed
KATHMANDU The lockdown came into effect in Nepal on March 24 to curb the spread of coronavirus confining people to…
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WHO acknowledges ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne spread of COVID-19
GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists…
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