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Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We Will be Judged by Our […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
From the Muslim Sunrise: Truth and Science
Source: Muslim Sunrise Fall of 2015 volume; which is the oldest quarterly Muslim publication of Americas By Khaula Rehman MD, Binghamton NY Over one half of young Americans, 63% to […]
Coronavirus: Spain ‘close to passing peak’ as deaths fall again
Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Source: BBC Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the country is “close to passing the peak of […]
Coronavirus: TB Vaccination Trial Started in Melbourne, Australia
Can an Old Vaccine Stop the New Coronavirus? Source: New York Times A tuberculosis vaccine invented a century ago is cheap and safe, and seems to bolster the body’s immune […]
Accessing the experimental antiviral treatment outside of clinical trials just got easier in the European Union
EMA Recommends Remdesivir for Treatment of COVID-19 Under Compassionate-Use Rules Source: Motley Fool The European Union’s health regulator on Friday took an unusual step and increased access to an experimental […]
Is Covid 19 Man Made: Asks Pakistani Senator?
UN asked to probe if Covid-19 man-made Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has urged the United Nations to form a high-powered […]
Corona — our debt to Darwin
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: Dawn By Pervez Hoodboy […]
The University of Pennsylvania starting study on Hydoxychloroquine
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: NBC Philadelphia Penn to Test Much-Discussed Coronavirus Treatment […]
Covid 19 and Protagoras Paradox
Over 2000 years ago, in Greece, there was a lawyer named Protagoras. A young student, Euthalos, requested to apprentice under him, but was unable to pay the fees. The student […]
Covid 19: A War for Which the Whole of Humanity is on the Same Side
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says he wants to introduce “100,000 tests per day by the end of this month” “It is a war of which all of humanity is […]
Dr. Jeffrey Lang About the Quran from an Atheist’s Perspective
Source: Quora and Youtube Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States. He started his religious journey […]
UK Builds a 4000 Bed Hospital in 9 Days
Coronavirus: How NHS Nightingale was built in just nine days Source: BBC The UK’s newest, and largest, hospital facility is preparing to open its doors to take in coronavirus patients […]
US records world’s highest daily toll with 1,169 deaths
Summary from BBC Confirmed coronavirus cases pass one million, a US university tally says Nearly 53,000 people have died and more than 210,000 have recovered US records world’s highest daily […]
Email I received today from Everlywell
You recently signed up to receive email updates regarding the status of Everlywell COVID-19 test availability, so I’m writing today to share an update on our commitment to you as […]
Coronavirus: What Have I Learnt So Far
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred, saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the […]
FDA authorizes first coronavirus antibody test
(CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration has issued its first emergency use authorization for a coronavirus test that looks for antibodies in the blood. That type of test, called a serology […]
Vice President Mike Pence asks Americans not to attend church services of more than 10 people
Source: ABC By Ben Gittleson Vice President Mike Pence told “Nightline” co-anchor Byron Pitts on Wednesday that Americans should not attend church services of more than 10 people during the […]
A Million N95 Masks Are Coming From China—on Board the New England Patriots’ Plane
Source: WSJ By Andrew Beaton The Massachusetts governor struck a deal for supplies but needed a way to transport them. The result was a tense saga and a shipment on […]
Coronavirus: Australian scientists begin tests of potential vaccines
Source: BBC Scientists in Australia have begun testing two potential coronavirus vaccines in “milestone” lab trials. The vaccines, made by Oxford University and US company Inovio Pharmaceutical, have been cleared […]
New York Times: Malaria Drug Helps Virus Patients Improve, in Small Study
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By Denise Grady, who has been a science reporter […]