November 2020
Opinion
Glimmers of hope for Nepal on vaccine
Vaccine trial of a Covid-19 vaccine at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute. Photo: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD/JOHN CAIRNS any Nepalis who had […]
November 27, 2020
October 2020
The light is gone
rakash in Nepali means light. And in his 54 years of life, Prakash Adhikari was a beacon of light — […]
October 25, 2020
August 2020
DHANVANTARI
A Covid-19 exit strategy for Nepal
Photo: BIKRAM RAI he Nepal Health Research Council has decided to allow international researchers to conduct Covid-19 vaccine trials in […]
August 25, 2020
June 2020
DHANVANTARI
The truth about the chloroquine scam
his pandemic is a time for clinical research to help humanity out of the crisis, and scientists are scrambling to […]
June 10, 2020
May 2020
DHANVANTARI
Silver linings in the COVID cloud
Photos: MONIKA DEUPALA he government has officially announced that the young woman who died in Dhulikhel Hospital on Saturday ten […]
May 17, 2020
April 2020
DHANVANTARI
Prevention while searching for a cure
Photo: BIKRAM RAI ith no proven cure or vaccine available yet for COVID-19, various treatments with no proven benefits and potential […]
April 22, 2020
March 2020
DHANVANTARI
Countries cooperating to find COVID-19 cure
Photo: BIKRAM RAI e are in for the long-haul with COVID-19, as the rotating apex of the pandemic now jumps […]
March 30, 2020
DHANVANTARI
Remembering a pandemic 100 years ago
American Red Cross volunteers carrying a Spanish Flu victim in 1919. Photo: RED CROSS he current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to […]
March 23, 2020
DHANVANTARI
What is novel about the novel coronavirus?
n 2013, while writing a weekly health column in this paper, I explored the potential for MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) to […]
March 19, 2020
February 2020
Miracle drug to reduce maternal deaths
ranexamic acid (TXA) is a game-changer drug in the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage (PPH), the main cause of death in […]
February 21, 2020