POLITICAL ACCENTS Between tears, slogans: the funeral of George Floyd, yesterday in Houston (Texas), mixed tributes and fiery calls to attack, finally, the racism that “hurts the soul” of America. From family to pastors, President Donald Trump was manhandled several times during this funeral organized in the Fountain of Praise church in the Texas city … Read more
OECD The world economy should experience a recession of at least 6% this year which will worsen inequalities, according to the OECD, which calls on governments to modernize and cooperate for the advent of a “fairer and more sustainable economy” “. In its first global economic outlook since the pandemic brought all the major economies … Read more
You are a doctor, and when the Covid-19 crisis froze France, you continued your activity because it is your oath, you did not even hesitate. You applied Professor Raoult’s protocol of combining hydroxychloroquine with an antibiotic in the early stages of the disease. And you got an idea of its effectiveness and its tolerance. Curbing … Read more
This morning, spotlight on a disorder that we hear little about: potomania. Le word “potomanie” comes from the Latin “potaré” which means “to drink”. Potomania is the sickly need to drink. Water or any other liquid for that matter, but let’s stick to water for today. It is a thirst disorder that can lead to … Read more
RATP The RATP announces, in a press release published on Monday, the list of 31 metro stations which reopen Wednesday June 9 in Paris, as well as a return to normal traffic. Said 31 stations: Line 2: Courcelles Line 3: Bourse, Malesherbes Line 4: Alésia, Saint-Placide, Raspail Line 5: Bréguet Sabin, Campo Formio, Hoche, Laumière, … Read more
After stopping the tests with chloroquine, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the resumption of these tests a few days ago. However, in France, article 19 of the decree of May 11, which fixed the derogatory provisions for the prescription of chloroquine was repealed and the Minister of Health did not return to it. And … Read more
By Le Figaro with AFP The Swiss deputies massively gave the green light Monday to the launching of an application intended to trace the people potentially contaminated by the new coronavirus, in an attempt to prevent a second wave of pandemic of Covid-19. The National Council (Lower House of the Swiss Parliament) approved such a … Read more
By Le Figaro with AFP North Korea to cut communication channels, including military, with“enemy” Korean government on Tuesday, the North Korean state agency KCNA announced after activists threatened to drop anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the border. Pyongyang “Will completely cut the link between the authorities of the North and the South”, as well as other communication … Read more
DEREK CHAUVIN The white policeman under whose knee George Floyd died of asphyxiation two weeks ago must appear on Monday for the first time before a court in Minneapolis, city where one wonders, as in the rest of the United States, on the way to reform the police in depth. The face of police brutality … Read more
Dutch scientists, in collaboration with the Cardiovascular Research Institute in Maastricht in the Netherlands, carried out a month-long study from March 12 to April 11 on two groups of individuals, one composed of 134 people with severe form of Covid-19 and hospitalized in Nijmegen and the other made up of 184 healthy people. Through this … Read more