KARACHI: Reading about periodontal surgery in a textbook can explain the principles of flap design, incision and suturing. But for young dentists learning to operate, understanding the technique is only one part of the challenge; developing the hand control, precision and confidence to perform it ...

NEW YORK: The alarm bells are ringing across the United States. A highly mutated COVID variant, BA.3.2, first identified in South Africa in November 2024, is quietly making its presence felt across multiple U.S. states, triggering urgent monitoring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...