Anika H Ahmed MD

What is ‘Kitchen Language’?

 As more and more people migrate and start their lives in another country, they are often bilingual, if not trilingual. The first generation may be fluent in their mother tongues but the second generation that hears the language only at home gets exposed to  ‘kitchen language’ and labelled as ‘Heritage Language Speakers’. By definition heritage …

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Infants and Toddlers Covid shots coming your way soon!

With almost two years into the pandemic of Covid-19, everyone is desperate to get out of it and come back to a pre-Covid life that allowed them to be out and about. Many fully vaccinated parents with young children are too nervous to hang out at public places like theme parks, picnic areas or even …

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Message from Frontline Health Workers: Not a Single Hospitalization Due to Covid-19 After Full Vaccination

The start of 2022 has seen a new surge of Covid-19 cases in the United States, and presently it is at 98% of its peak, with 1,592 positive cases per 100,000 people being reported in the last seven days. The United States now tops the list of countries in daily average reported cases of new …

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Hopes High for an Anti-Covid-19 Cocktail

With research continuing on Covid-19 round the clock, scientists are excited to work on preparing a cocktail of multiple drugs to fight Coronavirus. Development of a drug cocktail first began in 2014 when the Ebola epidemic was at its peak; that work is still ongoing. Many diseases like HIV, Hepatitis C, Tuberculosis are also being …

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Another Global Health Threat! Drug-Resistant Fungal Infection Candida Auris in Hospital Patients

Believe it or not, as the majority wraps up 2021 with booster shots and a sigh of relief, looking forward to the new year in control of COVID-19, scientists have more worrisome news. Amid fears of continuing hospitalizations due to COVID-19, there has been an outbreak of a very rare yet dangerous fungal infection in …

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Effective Lesson Plan on a Digital Platform

Effective Lesson Plan on a Digital Platform Among the many challenges posed by COVID-19, a major one has been in the field of education, faced by teachers, trainers, and educators across the globe. They all agree that presently the biggest challenge on a digital platform at all levels of education, has been keeping their students …

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Good news for high schoolers – get boosted!

Good news for high schoolers – get boosted! The dawn of December 9th, 2021 brought much awaited good news for worried high schoolers and their parents, as they debated on whether or not to opt for in-person classes after the holidays, as the new quarter starts in January, 2022.   As of December 9, 2021, …

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To take or not to take the anti-COVID-19 pill?

To take or not to take the anti-COVID-19 pill? The emergency approval of both the Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck ‘s Molnupiravir by the US Food & Drug Authority in the third week of December came as the best gift for people in the United States just before the holidays – one that many had eagerly …

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Managing a Virtual Classroom

Managing a Virtual Classroom As we continue with life with Coronavirus breathing down our necks, we continue to make good use of technology to stay safe and for that we have established virtual classrooms at all levels of education. Digital learning can be successfully done at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels of education at school, …

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