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In this photograph, taken at the Beth Shalom Synagogue in La Habana, you see Adela Zworin, the President of the Jewish Community of Cuba, along with the then President Raul…
In these difficult and challenging times, it is always nice to hear good news from any part of the world but lately good news especially in the field of science…
WHERE ARE THOU HEADED ..OBESITY AMONG AMERICANS According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of people in the country were obese in 2017/2018-a rise from…
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
Honoring U.S. Healthcare Workers Who Died From Coronavirus It is always sad to hear about your colleagues dying at work. But there has not been an episode such as this…
Whenever I am on board Qatar Airways, I think, when will I be flying QR to TLV???? Looks like it might soon.. after the covid 19 scare is over. For…
The Journey, I said Good Bye and You never arrived . Tenho saudade de tudo “All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For…
COVID-19: Most Efficacious Face Masks / NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH Most efficacious face masks: N95, surgical, polypropylene, and handmade…
If you are a Jewish traveller, in the mode of Benjamin of Tudela of blessed memory, you would make note of the particularities of the observances of different jewish communities…
WILL PROTECTORATES BE BACK When the Lebanese population were clamouring for the ageing political elites to step down and President Macron of France was visiting, one of the requests was…
Here we are in Miami where the worst thing is the vitriol of the local and national politicians. I think of the winds hitting the fragile houses and farms of…