Medicine

Scientists have revealed the top secret of the most controversial vitamin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has promised to send medics and equipment to South Africa to fight the omicron strain COVID-19.

Consultant of the digital medical service Doctor Nearby, general practitioner, told Izvestia how the symptoms differ in cases of illness with strains of the Delta and Omicron coronavirus.

Antibodies of patients who were vaccinated twice with the Pfizer vaccine and had previously been ill with coronavirus, fought more actively with the «omicron» strain.

American biologists have found that rhamnan sulfate, a polysaccharide found in Monostroma nitidum algae used to wrap sushi, effectively suppresses the coronavirus.

The Argentinean authorities have approved Sputnik Lite as a standalone vaccine and as a re vaccination product.

Australia has become the most drunk country in the world.

The emergence of the omicron strain of coronavirus may mean the onset of the final stage of the pandemic.

Vaccination, in particular against COVID-19, during a cold, or after contact with a sick person can lead to an exacerbation of chronic, latent diseases and a hyperimmune reaction.

Gaps in global efforts to track coronavirus variants make it difficult not only to track early omicron infections, but also to identify new mutations.

The new Omicron coronavirus strain may account for more than half of all COVID-19 cases in the European Union in the coming months. 

Symptoms of the Omicron coronavirus strain have so far been mild and similar to those of influenza.

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended by a majority vote that Merck's anti-COVID-19 pills be approved.