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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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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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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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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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