INTERVIEW – The head of the infectious diseases department at Bichat hospital believes that the fight against Covid-19 will allow the development of a vaccine against coronaviruses in general. –“Many people are afraid of vaccines, and that is nonsense. One of the reasons people don’t trust them is that they have been very effective. These … Read more
DECRYPTION – The most worrying hypothesis is that of “seasonal flu”, with a low mortality rate but a considerable number of infected people. –People wearing a preventive mask in Bangkok. Soe Zeya Tun / REUTERS / Only one month has passed since China published the genetic portrait of the new coronavirus that appeared in the … Read more
REPORT – The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) brings together experts and doctors to monitor the progress of ongoing epidemics, including that of the coronavirus. Through Frédéric Faux –Every morning, a meeting of experts and doctors on the ongoing epidemics takes place at the Emergency Operations Center in Stockholm. European Center for … Read more
Several cases of glioblastoma, a rare and very aggressive type of cancer of the central nervous system, have been observed in the municipalities of Salindres and Rousson. –This type of cancer is relatively uncommon: 3,481 cases were diagnosed in 2018 in France. CAVALLINI JAMES / BSIP / CAVALLINI JAMES / BSIP Salindres, an industrial town … Read more
As a sign of the times, the first global epidemic of the 21st century was not made known by an organic name – plague or cholera – but by a threatening acronym: SARS. A name like an ophidian whistle that had spread via Internet channels emerging in the early 2000s. Since another coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, hatched … Read more
So far, Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn has been reassuring about the potential introduction of the 2019-nCoV Chinese virus in France. “The risk is low but not excluded”, she assured Tuesday. After stays in Wuhan, the cradle of the disease, two suspected cases were in fact“Revealed negative”. The recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), … Read more
INFOGRAPHICS – The overall volume of alcohol drunk each year in France remains worrying and presents strong regional disparities. –French people over the age of 15 drink an average of 11.7 liters of alcohol per year. 190886345 / gray – stock.adobe.com National and regional figures, released on January 14, 2020 by Santé publique France through … Read more
DECRYPTION – Kepler’s successor, launched into orbit in April 2018, has uncovered an exoplanet that could harbor liquid water. –The first “habitable Earth” found, administratively named TOI-700d. HANDOUT / AFP This is what you could call the syndrome of the second. Since its launch into orbit in April 2018, the American satellite Tess, dedicated to … Read more