Medicine

Malnutrition increases the likelihood of death and the need for mechanical ventilation, according to the study published in Scientific Reports. This is the conclusion reached by experts from the Orange County Children's Hospital in the United States.

The Perm doctor spoke about repeated cases of COVID-19 in those who had been ill, and also noted that the virus had become more infectious, the severity rate of patients had increased.

The "Brazilian" strain of COVID-19 "gamma" has been identified in Russia, it, like the "Indian" strain "delta", is more infectious as Interfax reports.

The operation was performed by surgeons of the Duke University in the United States.

The biochip for detecting coronavirus, which is being developed at the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI", will be able to diagnose coronavirus in 5-10 minutes.

Dr. Hilary Jones has warned that the UK may become a hotbed of new coronavirus mutations.

A leading scientist at the World Health Organization has warned that the world is increasingly moving away from the end of the pandemic.

Director of the Research Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections Georgy Vikulov said that the number of patients with lung damage due to coronavirus has recently doubled.

To obtain accurate data on the presence of antibodies to coronavirus, tests should be taken in the same laboratories. This is reported by RBC with reference to experts.

Scientists from the University of Manchester have identified the cause of the most common type of blindness.

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Virology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Alexei Agranovsky, appreciated the statement of the WHO that the world is at the beginning of a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The stabilization of the situation with the coronavirus in the Russian Federation should not be expected until mid-late August, and the fourth place in terms of incidence in the world is not the limit, says infectious disease doctor.

The results of a large international study showed that patients with pre-existing lung diseases are most susceptible to severe complications from COVID-19.

Russia is in 4th place in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus due to the small number of vaccinated people relative to Britain or the United States.