How does the US manage its food supply during COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed, MD The massive pandemic of COVID-19 started from China and spread like a wave across the globe, infecting humans, shaking economies, crippling businesses, and shutting down operations in all commercial locations, forcing people to stay in quarantine and isolation. With the start …
Can my pets spread COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed MD Pets are loved members of many households and need to be cared for. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there is concern for humans as well as animals. Ongoing clinical trials, research, limited available information, and data collected about the novel Coronavirus causing COVID-19 indicate that pets …
What underlying conditions should I be worried about with COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed, MD Being a physician dealing with infectious communicable diseases throughout my career, I find it particularly challenging to establish the main risk factors involved in causing an infection. Like other infectious communicable diseases, COVID-19 also poses this challenge. COVID-19 is a novel …
Can someone who had COVID-19 and recovered still spread it to others? Anika H Ahmed, MD October 2020 This is a particularly important question and crucial to the well-being of the patient recovering from COVID-19 as well as the people around the patient. Scientifically there are two ways of handling this scenario. The first method …
Can I let my children see their friends? Anika H. Ahmed, MD September 2020 When the pandemic of COVID-19 first became public knowledge, the term most frequently heard and used was ‘social distancing’. What does that mean? It means keeping at least 6 feet away from other individuals. But in truth it is more like …
Is there a treatment for COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed, MD The biggest challenge for a physician is to explain to a patient that there is no curative treatment available for the present coronavirus infection. As a physician whose main focus is on the primary prevention of infectious communicable diseases, I myself understand fully how hard …
How long can COVID-19 live on cardboard boxes? Anika H. Ahmed, MD Cardboard boxes commonly used for packing and shipping goods are prepared by pressing together two moist sheets of paper, usually cellulose pulp obtained from wood or grasses and dried into various sizes of flexible sheets. It is much thicker than paper and can …
At what temperature should you begin taking a fever reducer? Anika H. Ahmed, MD August 2020 A fever is a physiological reaction of the body to any infection due to a virus or a bacterium, triggering an inflammatory reaction. The first questions a parent may ask a child complaining about being sick, or a doctor …
How can I protect my kids from COVID-19? Anika H. Ahmed, MD July 2020 The pandemic of COVID-19 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across the globe and continues to spread to people of all races, class, gender, and age. The notion that it affects mainly the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions …
Does the virus live on plastic shopping bags if someone does my shopping for me? Anika H. Ahmed, MD July 2020 Plastic bags are still commonly used for groceries. These are made from petrochemicals that do not biodegrade, can prove deadly to wildlife and are meant to be recycled. The Coronavirus can survive on plastic …
