Coronavirus vaccine race: top candidates

WASHINGTON – In a race for a vaccine designed to put an end to the global COVID-19 pandemic, eight participants pulled ahead. Eight candidate vaccines are tested in humans in clinics in China, the United States, Britain and Germany. In addition to them, at least 94 are at different stages of development. The Trump administration … Read more

The price of the vaccine. What is wrong with the idea of ​​Yulia Latynina to test a remedy for coronavirus on Russian doctors

Yulia Latynina proposed “a very simple algorithm of actions”, which will “radically change the course of the epidemic”. As a miracle cure for coronavirus, a polio vaccine is proposed, which supposedly can strengthen the immune system so that the body can resist coronavirus. An experiment in the 1970s, in which polio vaccination significantly reduced the … Read more

The Russian Embassy in Prague explained the refusal to mention Boris Nemtsov Square in its address with a high probability of its renaming

The Russian embassy in Prague explained the refusal to use the area renamed in honor of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov as an official address, the likelihood of a new name change. About it reported on the embassy’s Facebook page. The Russian Embassy decided to use the address of the consular department, which is located … Read more

At the Novatek construction site near Murmansk, 125 people fell ill with coronavirus per day

Near Murmansk, in the village of Belokamenka, COVID-19 was found in 125 people per day. All of them are employees of Novatek contracting organizations, which are building a center for large-capacity offshore structures there. Earlier, another 81 workers got sick there. Thus, according to the information of the staff, there are now 206 infected in … Read more

1786 new cases of coronavirus infection detected in Russia per day

The number of new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia per day increased by 1786. Such data leads COVID-19 operations headquarters. Thus, to date, already 11,917 Russians have revealed a previously unknown infection, cases of infection of which have been recorded in 82 regions of the country. At the same time, 795 patients managed to … Read more

doctors are trying to understand the causes of high mortality from COVID-19

The frightening speed with which the condition of people infected with coronavirus worsens, and completely sudden deaths shock even experienced doctors and nurses who do not yet understand how to stop such a sudden deterioration in the condition of patients. Patients “look good, feel good, and then … if you turn your back on them, … Read more

how COVID-19 turns body cells into viral factories

When the coronavirus attacks the body of its next victim, it turns the patient’s own cells into original factories for the production of new viruses. The process begins on the surface of the cell when the virus captures the protein, which usually helps regulate the patient’s blood pressure. The cell involuntarily lets the virus inside … Read more

What’s in the sock of a programmer

For two months, the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sent to the pre-trial detention center an IT specialist Alexander Litreev, the founder of Vee Security Russia and the developer of the human rights application Red Button (allows you to notify friends and human rights activists of your detention). He is charged with the purchase of … Read more

Putin amended State Duma bill on free food in schools

Russian President Vladimir Putin amended the State Duma to a bill aimed at providing schoolchildren with hot meals, which was previously adopted in the first reading. As reported press office State Duma, Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin sent a document to the relevant Committee on Education and Science. In particular, the president proposed replacing the words about … Read more