The whole history of mankind is life side by side with bacteria, parasites and viruses. They cause infectious diseases, that is, transmitted through various kinds of contacts: through the blood, as HIV, hepatitis B and C, with insect bites like malaria, by airborne droplets like flu, tuberculosis and measles. Since the end of last year, … Read more
Traditional medicine, plasma injection or corticosteroids: in the main hospital in Shanghai which receives patients infected with the new coronavirus, a cocktail of treatments is offered to patients. The prospect of a Covid-19 pneumonia vaccine is still distant. Doctors, in China as elsewhere, are forced to use other methods in the hope of curing patients. … Read more
The Euro-American Solar Orbiter probe will take off in the night from Sunday to Monday from Florida to the Sun, which it will study for the next decade these particle-laden storms that can cause breakdowns on Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) probe will launch at 11:03 p.m. (04:03 GMT Monday) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that cancer cases will increase by 81% by 2040 in low- and middle-income countries, due to insufficient resources for prevention. In a report, the specialized agency of the United Nations warns that if current trends continue, the world will globally experience a 60% increase in cancer cases over the … Read more
The restaurants are open, almost no one wears a mask. In the big city of Wuhan, in the center of China, where there was an epidemic of pneumonia raising fears of a resurgence of the deadly SARS virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), life goes on as usual. Tian, a tourist from the neighboring city of … Read more
Apparently not only the sunroofs of cars from the USA are defective: Daimler is now recalling more than 381,000 cars in Germany. Several classes are affected. The sunroof recall from Daimler is obviously a global issue. This was confirmed by a group spokesman on request from the portal for vehicle safety “Kfz-rueckrufe.de”. Affected vehicles in … Read more