A spectacular new map of the world of high energies

The eRosita space telescope has just unveiled its first survey of X-ray sources from the whole sky. –The entire sky seen in X-rays. Crédit : Jeremy Sanders, Hermann Brunner and the eSASS team (MPE); Eugene Churazov, Marat Gilfanov (on behalf of IKI) Our eye perceives only a tiny part of the whole extent of the light … Read more

Didier Raoult is right to say that we could have done more tests?

THE CHEKING PROCESS – The director of the Marseille University Hospital Institute (IHU) said that France “didn’t tell the truth about the tests, ” which could have been “Generalized». –Didier Raoult. THOMAS COEX / AFP THE QUESTION. Professor Didier Raoult continues his escapades. Before the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the management of the Covid-19 … Read more

what the 150 French clusters of the epidemic reveal

DECRYPTION – Each week, the number of clusters detected increases, a sign that the virus continues to circulate on the territory. Is it worrying? –The Covid-19 clusters are listed in the weekly epidemiological point drawn up by Santé publique France. SEBASTIEN SORIANO / Le Figaro Since the end of containment, outbreaks have been subject to … Read more

Coronavirus: the hope of cross-immunity

DECRYPTION – Protection from other coronaviruses has yet to be demonstrated. –The scientists’ objective was to observe the reaction of certain cells infected with Sars-CoV-2 to certain viral proteins. DAMIEN MEYER / AFP These are still just laboratory studies, but they are still a source of hope. Several studies published ten days ago show, in … Read more

fire extinguished, safety instructions, pollution … Update on the situation

In the aftermath of the spectacular fire in a chemical factory classified as particularly dangerous in Rouen, in Seine-Maritime, which did not make any victims, concerns remain about the health and ecological consequences of this industrial accident and the safety of the site . Created in 1954 on the banks of the Seine, left bank, … Read more

Two studies launched on the persistence and resurgence of Covid-19 symptoms

Professor Dominique Salmon-Ceron, infectious disease specialist at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris, announced Friday, May 22, in Le Parisien, the launch of two studies designed to study the persistence and resurgence of symptoms in patients with Covid-19, in order to better understand these phenomena observed in recent weeks by several doctors and scientists. The first … Read more

increased hospital mortality from choloroquine and hydroxychloroquine

Analysis of nearly 15,000 Covid-19 patients treated with these drugs within 24 hours of diagnosis shows a significant increase in mortality. –The study was published on May 22 in the leading scientific journal The Lancet. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / AFP This is not yet the signal for the complete cessation of the use of chloroquine or … Read more

the French National Authority for Health warns against the use of self-tests

We have “A very large arsenal in France for serological tests”, indicated the Pr Dominique Le Guludec, President of the French National Authority for Health (HAS), delivering his opinion on rapid tests on May 18. These allow you to know, from a drop of blood taken at your fingertip, whether a person has encountered the … Read more

a “usual state of air quality” after the fire

The results – eagerly awaited – of the first analyzes of deposits and concentrations of toxins in the air following the fire at the Lubrizol factory on September 26 in Rouen were made public on Saturday afternoon by the prefect of the department during a press conference. These analyzes, which are available on the prefecture’s … Read more

adolescent dies from serious coronavirus-related illness

A 14-year-old adolescent with no underlying pathology died in the United Kingdom from an inflammatory disease with symptoms close to Kawasaki disease, probably linked to the new coronavirus, according to his medical team, cited in particular by the journal The Lancet. The teenager was part of a group of eight children with this rare disease, … Read more