Research and development

The main difference between COVID-19 and other viral diseases lies in the nature of its spread, according to a popular Russian doctor.

A person who walks two hours a week lives six to eight years longer, President of the Bakulev National Medical Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Leo Bokeria said.

Since last year, cases of simultaneous infection with the influenza virus and the coronavirus have been recorded in different parts of the world, including China, Europe, the United States and Russia.

Doctor of Medical Sciences Tatyana Ruzhentsova told in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta why some people do not get coronavirus.

In the UK, the Omicron strain of the coronavirus accounts for more than 90% of COVID-19 cases.

Sputnik's nasal form will effectively protect against the omicron strain, according to the developer's Twitter account.

It is difficult to make predictions about the seasonality of coronavirus infection, at the moment there are only prerequisites. This was announced by the infectious disease doctor Evgeny Timakov.

Immunologist, Ph.D. Nikolay Kryuchkov told Moscow 24 that it is too early to consider specific types of rash as a common symptom of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus.

A study of scientists from South Africa showed that in the body infected with the new strain of the coronavirus "omicron" antibodies are produced that can neutralize the "delta" variant.

It was identified by scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with specialists from King's College London.

Two doses of Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines fail to protect against omicron six months after second vaccination.

The Russian Ministry of Health has registered a drug for treatment of coronavirus MIR 19 developed by the Federal Medical and Biological Agency.

Coronavirus infection in children can lead to a dangerous sepsis-like complication - multisystem inflammation.

Virologist Konstantin Chumakov said that the version of the allegedly artificial origin of the omicron version of the coronavirus is conspiracy theories.

In early 2022, a clinical trial of a vaccine specific to the omicron strain for the coronavirus will begin.