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Words by Sargam Raja Mahat, PharmD; Digbijay Raja Mahat, PhD; Yug Bijay Mahat, MD; and Subhas Bijay Mahat, MBBS Introduction Our world has been battling against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus – 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of Coronavirus Disease – 19 (COVID-19), as this pandemic has spurred a global health …

They say the hardest person to live with is yourself. I totally agree. I compared myself to a popcorn, bubbling with so much energy and zest for life. C’mon, look around, there’s so much to do, so much to learn, so many people to meet. I felt like 24 hours …

One of the biggest challenges we all are facing right now is how to manage enormous disruption to our normal lives. Our work, home, and social life have been turned upside down, and we are finding new ways to continue to do what we had been doing. We are getting …

It started out with the news about the new virus that emerged in China that had claimed many lives. However, here in Nepal, we didn’t take it seriously. Of course not! Why would we? It’s not something that was happening in our country, right? As the news of rising cases …

COVID-19 is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has wreaked havoc on countries, economies, and communities globally. The pandemic has resulted in governments, international and national non-government organizations, and intergovernmental organizations joining hands in solidarity to fight the spread of the SARS-CoV-2. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the …

H1N1—also known as Swine Flu An influenza pandemic is described as an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects a large proportion of the human population. On June 11, 2009, a new strain of H1N1 influenza was declared to be a global pandemic by …

What is it? The dictionary meaning of the word convalescence is recovery. A patient who recovers from a given disease and develops high titres of antibodies can become a donor of such antibodies after his/her recovery. The extra vascular component of these antibodies is difficult to collect, but the intravascular …

How do vaccines work? Vaccines, which are made from killed, weakened, or partial version of specific pathogens, prime the body’s immune system against future attacks by those pathogens. So, following vaccination, in case of an attack by a particular pathogen, the immune system will recognize it and fight it off. …

A vaccine is a preparation used to prevent a particular disease by triggering an immune response to the disease without actually suffering from the disease. Step-by-step protection against childhood infection is vital for a healthy life. Side effects of vaccination, in general, are fever, pain, and swelling at the site …

As far as similarities between influenza and COVID-19 are concerned, both have similar presentation, in that they both cause respiratory disease presenting as a wide range of illness, from asymptomatic or mild to severe disease and death. Because both are transmitted by contact, droplets, and fomites, they require the same …