According to a Russian virologist, the main reason for the increase in the number of new cases in Russia was the violation by citizens of the protective measures recommended by the authorities to combat the spread of coronavirus.

A comparison of more than 50 studies showed that in terms of the content of microplastic particles in the body, sea mollusks bypassed all other inhabitants of the ocean.

Another type of coronavirus infection has been discovered in the UK. This was announced during a press conference by the country's Minister of Health Matt Hancock.

Scientists at Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) have determined that the diarrhea drug loperamide can induce cell death in cultured glioblastoma, a deadly and incurable form of brain tumor that does not respond well to conventional chemotherapy.