Why is health so permeable to sectarian influence?

DECRYPTION – Intimate subjects if there is one, health and well-being are particularly fertile grounds for lies and false promises. Fasting courses, recommendations for restrictive diets, prayers, “biodecoding”, self-proclaimed psychotherapist, eccentric promise of healing (and sometimes on condition of stopping one’s medical treatments)… The field of health seems extremely permeable to sectarian discourse. A Senate … Read more

245 deaths in French hospitals, 5,402 patients in intensive care

New measures, new reports and highlights: Le Figaro takes stock of the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. While the pandemic has claimed more than 3 million victims, including 105,000 in France, the vaccine race continues and shows encouraging initial results. After Israel, whose positivity rate now stands at 0.2%, the United … Read more

a new variant, which “is actively circulating” in France, discovered at Henri-Mondor hospital in Créteil

This variant has been detected in several patients from Île-de-France, south-east and south-west France. As of yet, there is no indication that it is as much or less contagious than the other known variants. After the English, Brazilian, South African, Californian, New York and Breton variants, here is the variant “Henri-mondor», Named after the hospital … Read more

investigation opened after the death of a medical student vaccinated with AstraZeneca

The National Medicines Safety Agency has been informed of this death which “is the subject of a clinical investigation”. For the moment, “there is no evidence to support the role of the vaccine”. A 26-year-old medical student was found dead Thursday, March 18, in Nantes, found West France Monday March 22. According to information from … Read more

In New York, oysters used to clean the port

FIGARO TOMORROW – A project started in 2014 aims to place one billion oysters in New York Bay by 2035 to return to the original water quality that was crystal clear and teeming with marine life. The seashell has the ability to purify water. By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor (United States) Most New … Read more

in the midst of a health crisis, Bolsonaro appoints its fourth Minister of Health

Marcelo Queiroga’s appointment comes as the government has come under harsh criticism for its chaotic handling of the epidemic. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday evening March 15 that he had decided to appoint his fourth Minister of Health since the start of the pandemic, while the country is hard hit by a new wave … Read more

more than 700,000 dead in Latin America

The region is the second continent to reach this threshold, after Europe on January 25. In relation to its population, Mexico is the country most affected. More than 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 have been officially recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic in December 2019, according to a count … Read more

LIVE – Coronavirus: Jean Castex holds a press conference at 6 p.m.

About fifteen indoor and indoor sports federations, such as judo, boxing, basketball, or even skating or gymnastics on Thursday gave a “cry of alarm” in the face of the crisis to which amateur sport is facing. face. All call on the government to be helped more. CNOSF president Denis Masseglia, who will hand over at … Read more

Statins would not cause muscle pain

Statins, drugs prescribed against excess blood cholesterol, do not cause muscle pain, contrary to their reputation which has discouraged many patients from taking this treatment, researchers assure Thursday, February 25. Read also :Cholesterol: should you be wary of statins? Statins are widely used to prevent heart disease and stroke. Although serious side effects are rare, … Read more

Dunkirk fears new restrictions

The number of Covid cases per 100,000 inhabitants is almost four times the national average. After the Alpes-Maritimes, where a partial reconfinement was put in place on Monday, Dunkirk in turn expects additional restrictive measures to fight the epidemic. They should be announced on Wednesday, the day after a consultation meeting between the prefecture and … Read more