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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicCovid infection

Topic: Covid infection

With spike in Covid cases again, what does mask-abandonment mean for public health

As Covid cases rise again, the question is whether we should adhere to masking even if it isn't mandatory.

Immune to Covid? It’s possible — but a medical mystery

In one study, only 38% of unvaccinated people living with an infected person caught the virus. That number was 25% for the vaccinated.

Less than 2% of babies get Covid from mothers, UK study finds vertical transmission ‘rare’

'Living review' by University of Birmingham finds no relation with trimester of pregnancy, breastfeeding, mode of delivery, but mother with severe Covid can pass it on.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.