Anika H Ahmed MD

Disturbing long-term complications of Covid-19-Remote Work & Neurological Symptoms!

Leave a Comment / January 19, 2023 / COVID-19, Livelihoods / By

As we almost complete four years of Covid-19 restricted life, with many either following the remote work or hybrid model, one cannot help wondering what the long-term effects of the Coronavirus may be and how we shall continue to pay our dues to it. Research indicates that although the commute time has sharply declined in …

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Ready for a Coronavirus breath test?

1 Comment / April 15, 2022 / COVID-19, Health / By

The words ‘Breath test’ immediately bring to mind the image of being pulled over by the police and asked for a driver’s license followed by the breath test, where you have to blow as hard as you can. Well, that association is going to change with the recent emergency approval of ‘InspectIR Covid-19 Breathalyzer’ by …

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Covid at all Time Low: – Kudos, Everyone!

Leave a Comment / April 7, 2022 / COVID-19, Health / By

The first week of April 2022 has become historical as we hear the much-awaited news that hospitalization due to Covid-19 in the United States is at its all-time low now. Numbers collected by the US Department of Health & Human Services, which started tracking the information in July 2020, indicate that as of Tuesday, March …

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Are you Ready for a fourth shot of Coronavirus Vaccine?

Leave a Comment / March 31, 2022 / COVID-19, Health / By

As the last booster shot for the majority of Americans appears to be either more than six months or nearing six months’ time frame, many wonder if they still retain immunity against the Coronavirus. One question that I have been asked multiple times at social gatherings is ‘Am I done with vaccination for Covid-19?’. The …

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And here comes a new variant of Coronavirus! Highly-Transmissible Omicron BA.2

Leave a Comment / March 31, 2022 / COVID-19, Health / By

Researchers and scientists have been keeping a close watch on any further Coronavirus mutation giving rise to a new variant without taking a break. All possible tools are being used, varying from rapid antigen testing and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tests to even testing of sewage water for early diagnosis of positive possible variant …

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Covid-19 Pandemic Second Anniversary marking once-incredible milestone

4 Comments / March 11, 2022 / COVID-19, Health / By

Today, Friday March 11, 2022, marks the second anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic and for everyone it is a solemn moment of reflection of where we are today. March 11, 2020, was when Americans received news of the World Health Organization declaring Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic. Majority of the working class went home with …

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Is it really time to let your guard down?

1 Comment / March 11, 2022 / COVID-19, Health, Risk / By

After the Centers of Disease Control announced a mask less policy, based on the number of hospitalizations, vaccination status and prevalence of positive cases, people were overjoyed. Public places opened doors to welcome eager visitors who are out to have fun and put the pandemic behind them. The message read on everyone face is ‘Covid …

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Ready to be unmasked? Follow the 3C’s

Leave a Comment / March 11, 2022 / COVID-19, Health, Risk / By

Spring may come early this year as the announcement of the Centers for Disease Control last week felt like a fresh breath of air. The much-awaited announcement stated that mask wearing could be relaxed indoors for people that are fully immunized. Most of the United States government buildings have withdrawn the requirement of wearing masks …

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Is the Covid-19 Pandemic an Endemic Now? Are we there yet?

Leave a Comment / March 11, 2022 / COVID-19, Risk / By

Covid-19 has taught us many new things over the past two years, and it has raised public understanding of the difference between an epidemic, pandemic and endemic. When there was a sudden surge of new cases of Covid-19 starting from Wuhan, China in 2020 as a typical Infectious Communicable Disease, we started hearing the word …

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Another tool being used to detect Covid-positive cases: Sewage Wastewater

2 Comments / February 15, 2022 / COVID-19, Health / By

Scientists have not stopped at taking nasal swabs to detect Corona virus. As the pandemic evolves, research continues on the transmission of the Coronavirus from positive Covid-19 cases. It is interesting to see that the Coronavirus positive individuals are not transmitting the virus only while sneezing, coughing, talking, or laughing, as the droplets stay suspended …

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