Good News- New COVID-19 Vaccine may protect against all variants of Coronavirus! Anika H. Ahmed, MD The Coronavirus continues to create havoc in everyone’s life across the globe and researchers are today back at the drawing board, trying to figure out one vaccine that may be able to help the immune system defend against all …
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Getting Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated can have its perks! Anika H. Ahmed, MD It is amazing to study the immune system of the human body and see how it reacts to a foreign antigen, in the form of an allergen, a viral or bacterial infection. Any time an infection occurs, the immune system tries …
Good News for parents of infants & toddlers- COVID-19 Vaccine coming soon Anika H. Ahmed, MD The world eagerly received the breaking news on Friday, Dec 17th when Pfizer announced its intention of soon getting approval for a vaccine against COVID-19 for children between six months to five years of age. Pfizer has so far …
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Are our laboratories ready to detect the Omicron variant? Anika H. Ahmed, MD Scientists are not stopping when it comes to the fight against COVID-19. The first case of the Omicron variant was detected and announced on November 25, out in South Africa and it was detected upon evidence of new sequencing in the COVID-19 …
First Omicron Positive Case Detected in the United States Anika H. Ahmed, MD On Wednesday, December 1st, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced at a press briefing at the White House that the first positive case of Omicron variant of the Coronavirus has been detected in California. …
How is the Omicron Variant different from Alpha & Delta Variants of COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed, MD As family and friends depart for their respective destinations after celebrating Thanksgiving together, and folks hosting Thanksgiving dinners are still finishing their leftovers, they receive news of yet another variant of Coronavirus, namely Omicron, first detected in South …
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How many more variants of Coronavirus? Anika H. Ahmed, MD Medical practitioners started seeing patients sick with flu like symptoms in early March of 2020 and the cause was identified as a deadly, highly contagious, droplet transmissible virus from the Coronavirus family. The disease with symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, …
COVID-19 vaccination for children Anika H. Ahmed, MD As the Covid-19 pandemic continues worldwide, with so far five new variants sprouting more in certain countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Brazil, India and South Africa, scientists continue to work round the clock on clinical trials, to get approval for a vaccine that …
Does warmer weather stop the outbreak of COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed, MD From the evidence so far, the COVID-19 virus can be transmitted in all climates, including areas with hot and humid weather. Research indicates that in order to kill the Covid-19 Coronavirus, heat virus containing objects for 3 minutes at temperatures above 75°C (160°F), …
To get or not to get booster vaccine for Covid-19 Anika H. Ahmed, MD As pharmaceutical staff continues to work round the clock, conducting clinical trails, collecting data, circulating questionnaires and surveys, they have been successful in bringing out the booster shots for protective vaccination against the highly infectious, often deadly Coronavirus causing the global …
