Children also contract the coronavirus and may have complications because of it, but they secrete much less virus than adults. This is reported in a study by a team of researchers in Berlin, Medportal.ru reported. Fifteen children, aged 8-10, and adult volunteers, aged 23-64, participated in the study. Using a laser meter, the researchers measured…
Scientists from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences have developed new technology that can be used to detect the spread of coronavirus in the air. The technology has already been tested at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. According to “China Daily”, the coronavirus is mainly transmitted by airborne droplets, such as…
A person with omicron is most infectious during the first 3 days, because that is when the viral load peaks. However, some patients can also be infectious for 10 days. “The virus is not a living substance, it is a pure recorded genetic code that, shall we say, ‘wallows’ in the external environment in a…
The British scientists conclude that the next strain of coronavirus may have greater pathogenicity than the delta or omicron strains, and could kill many more people, The Guardian reports. “The Omicron variant did not come from the Delta variant. It came from a completely different part of the virus’s family tree. And since we don’t…
Within a year of a COVID-19 coronavirus infection, patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including deadly strokes and heart attacks, report scientists at Washington University in St. Louis in the journal Nature Medicine. Even those who have had mild to moderate COVID-19 have an increased risk of developing circulatory problems, the scientists said.…
Skin symptoms have become more common in people infected with the omicron strain of coronavirus, said British epidemiologists led by Professor Tim Spector, who are studying the diverse signs of coronavirus infection as part of the ZOE Covid Study project. According to experts, the symptoms of the omicron strain are often similar to those of…
Which foods are good and which are bad for COVID-19? The scientific director of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Biotechnology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Tutelyan shared his opinion on this. In an interview with “Izvestia”, the specialist noted that when infected with a coronavirus, the body needs vitamins to…
At what time of day is it correct to be vaccinated against coronavirus? Vera Sukhova, a general practitioner and gastroenterologist shared her opinion on this question. According to Prime news agency, the vaccination, according to the specialist, is better in the morning, because human immunity reacts to the vaccination as to the virus and begins…
An additional booster dose of any of the three FDA-cleared emergency use-approved anti-coronavirus drugs is safe and induces the desired immune response. This was confirmed by scientists at the US National Institutes of Health, who published preliminary results of their research in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study involved 458 people who were…
The Omicron strain of the coronavirus is spreading much faster than previous strains, and this is due to the survivability of the new strain of the virus. Researchers from Kyoto Medical University (Japan) have found that omicron can live on plastic objects and human skin much longer than previous strains of the virus. According to…
