Russia reported over 88,000 coronavirus cases on January 27, hitting the highest single-day jump for the ninth day in a row. Daily coronavirus infections have begun to surge with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant, infecting thousands of people across the country. In the last 24 hours, 88,816 new cases have been detected, [...
Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital removed an at-risk patient from its heart transplant list because he said he has not and will not get the COVID-19 vaccination. A hospital spokesman explained it is against hospital policy since transplants are administered based on a number of factors. Potential transplant recipients who have recei...
A demolition drive in a tribal Muslim area by the Jammu Development Authority or JDA has sparked protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The drive left more than a dozen tribals homeless. Local tribal Muslims accused the JDA of selectively targeting them. Muskan Choudhary told TwoCricles.net that a JDA team along with police demolished their houses [...
Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, a Pakistani American Muslim, led a team of U.S. surgeons that implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human being. It was a medical first that could help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations. About 110,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and more than 6,000 patients die each […]
The United States set a record Tuesday for the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus, shattering a previous high set in January 2021. Nationwide over 145,000 people were hospitalized with the virus, according to the US Health and Human Services Department. Cases have been spiking across the country as the omicron variant has led ...
Top U.S. infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday reiterated the stark warning that COVID-19 will probably infect most Americans eventually, but added a caveat. He said “if you’re vaccinated and if you’re boosted, the chances of you getting sick are very, very low.” At a Senate hearing Tuesday, Fauci said that unvaccinated peo...
