Experts studying the effects of coronavirus infection on human health said that the disease affects the work of another vital organ - the thyroid gland.
The average life expectancy in the world decreased between 2019 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 71.4 years, which negated progress over a decade. This is evidenced by the statistics published by WHO.
Specialists of the Institute of Health Indicators and Assessment (IHME) The United States has revealed the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the world's population. According to an article published in The Lancet, the spread of the infection has led to a 1.6-year reduction in life expectancy during 2020-2021.
Coronavirus vaccines slightly increase the risk of neurological and cardiovascular diseases. These are the conclusions reached by the Global Vaccine Data Network research centers.
It has been four years since the first cases of Covid-19 were detected. But the virus is still among us. People's lives and health are still in danger. The official representative of the World Health Organization in Russia, Melita Vujinovich, said that the coronavirus has adapted to humanity in the past and continues to mutate. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health.
The World Health Organization (WHO), which has updated its recommendations for the treatment of COVID-19, now classifies people over 65 years of age as a moderate, not high-risk group, as it has been until now. This was reported by the Geneva headquarters of WHO.
The world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus "Sputnik V" with the appearance of the COVID-19 strain "kraken" ceased to protect at all. Clinical trials of the updated vaccine are underway now. This was stated by the head of the Gamalei Center (the developer of Sputnik V), Alexander Ginzburg.
The European Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on all people who are not protected from COVID-19 and seasonal influenza, primarily from risk groups, to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The World Health Organization has warned of the emergence of a new, more aggressive variant of the coronavirus "pirola", which is resistant to existing immunity.
From August 30, the Chinese authorities will no longer require a negative test result for the COVID-19 coronavirus from arriving travelers, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday.