The pandemic is returning to Europe but the WHO does not consider a “lockdown” necessary

Despite a strong rebound in contaminations, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated Thursday that the Covid-19 pandemic could be managed in Europe without once again locking down society, the World Bank warning for its part that the crisis could push 100 million people into extreme poverty. In Europe, the preparation of the authorities and the … Read more

tests now available in city laboratories

Olivier Véran had announced it on Friday, medical biologists were only waiting for the publication of a decree. It has been done since Sunday: city laboratories can now carry out diagnostic tests for Sars-CoV-2 infection, until then reserved only for authorized hospital laboratories. Coronavirus: tests soon available in town, pharmacists authorized to produce their hydroalcoholic … Read more

reduced harmful substances, Pampers still in the viewfinder

Pesticides, endocrine disruptors, dioxins, PCBs, chlorinated furans, glyphosate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) … The list is long, and it is not that of the composition of a household product, but that of baby diapers . A year ago, parents of the children’s health association (APS-enfants) took the state to court for marketing toxic diapers. Their … Read more

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