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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Disturbing Long-term Complications of Covid-19-Neurological Symptoms!

Disturbing long-term complications of Covid-19-Neurological Symptoms! Anika H. Ahmed, MD As we complete 19 months of Covid-19 restricted life, 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 continues on patients who did get positive with the Coronavirus, and …

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What is Blended Learning? What are its Advantages and Disadvantages?

What is ‘Blended Learning’? Anika H. Ahmed, MD With another year wrapping up with Coronavirus among us, the COVID-19 pandemic unfolding with new variants, many wonder how 2022 will set foot in our lives. The last few days of 2021 have been productive in the health sector, bringing a new wave of excitement, as some …

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COVID-19 Positive but no Symptoms? Here is What You Need to do!

COVID-19 Positive but no Symptoms? -Here is what you need to do! Anika H Ahmed, MD  It is an established fact that many people may be walking around with Coronavirus in their system and not at all being aware of it. Research indicates that about 1 in 3 people may be COVID-19 positive but remain …

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First Antiviral COVID-19 Pill Approved in the United States

First Antiviral COVID-19 Pill Paxlovid Approved in the United States Anika H. Ahmed, MD On Wednesday, December 22, 2021, the highly anticipated news was received with a sigh of relief by people across the globe that the United States Food & Drug Administration has given an emergency authorization for the first COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, …

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Differential Learning: One Size does NOT Fit All!

Differential Learning- Four Key Principles of Tomlinson: One Size does NOT Fit All! Anika H. Ahmed, MD  It can get very challenging for an instructor when he or she has to cater for students at different levels in the same classroom. This is a situation faced by many educationists on a daily basis and it …

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COVID-19’s Toll on AIDS Patients

COVID-19 Takes it’s Toll on AIDS Patients Also Anika H. Ahmed, MD As masked up and almost fully immunized scientists, researchers, doctors, and other medical personnel got together on December 1st to celebrate another WORLD AIDS DAY, they glanced down at the agenda of ‘End Inequalities, End AIDS’ discussion allotted for the 2021 World AIDS …

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