Add to the pandemic lexicon another once-obscure term that’s come into common usage: “herd immunity. Along with “flatten the curve,” “social distancing” and “super spreader,” it’s a phrase that prior to Covid-19 was casually uttered mainly by epidemiologists and public health officials. But while the meanings of those other terms […]

By Col. Binu Sharma, Senior Vice President- Nursing Services, Columbia Asia Hospitals We are living in unprecedented times, as we have to step up our efforts to provide the most optimum, safe care to our patients during the global COVID-19 crisis. This year is significantly shining a light on the contribution […]

By Ms.Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur Body needs various types of nutrition to keep a person healthy and fit. Nutrition can be divided into macro and micronutrients. When body is a deficit in major macronutrients it doesn’t show much of symptoms but with micronutrients, some symptoms […]

— A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine As of 8:00 a.m. ET Wednesday, the unofficial COVID-19 toll in the U.S. was 3,902,233 cases and 142,073 deaths, up about 70,000 and 1,150, respectively, from this time a day ago. As Florida cases climbed, the state’s top teachers’ […]

Source: www.ghanaweb.com After marking his 60th birthday with a brief ceremony which hosted close family and friends, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus days after his party. “It was after my 60th birthday party which I resisted so much and it exposed […]