Tag: Epidemic
The flu epidemic continues to progress in the south-east of France
According to Public Health France, influenza activity is down in Ile-de-France, while it continues to progress in the south-east. Hospital activity for bronchiolitis is down, it, among infants. We talk…
100,000 new viruses, including 9 coronaviruses, discovered by a supercomputer
Viruses are all around us, but we only know a fraction of them. A supercomputer has analyzed millions of genetic data to identify 100,000 new viruses, including nine close to…
Spanish flu: what is it?
The flu Spanish or great flu is responsible for one of the pandemics deadliest encountered by mankind. Just after the First World War, between 1918 and 1921, a particularly virulent…
Covid screening: understand everything about the different types of tests
Antigen tests, PCR tests, self-tests, saliva tests… How does each test work? How reliable are each of them? Futura takes stock. the screening is a key element of the strategy…
And after ? Scientists talk about the future of Covid-19
What will happen now? Are we going to live with Covid-19 indefinitely? Can a new variant still arise? And herd immunity in all this? Scientists speak at the National Assembly.…
100,000 new viruses, including 9 coronaviruses, discovered by a supercomputer
Viruses are all around us, but we only know a fraction of them. A supercomputer has analyzed millions of genetic data to identify 100,000 new viruses, including nine close to…
an epidemic still high, restrictions soon to be eased
COVID. While more than 315,000 new coronavirus contaminations have been recorded in 24 hours, the number of critical care admissions is slowly decreasing. On February 2, some of the health…
A supercomputer discovers 100,000 new viruses including 9 coronaviruses
Viruses are all around us, but we only know a fraction of them. A supercomputer has analyzed millions of genetic data to identify 100,000 new viruses, including nine close to…
Warning in the UK: Measles cases in children may increase due to the decrease in the vaccination rate during the Covid epidemic process
The two-dose measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine that helps protect five-year-olds from measles, mumps and rubella is 85.5 percent. That’s a 10-year low, well below the 95 percent recommended target to stop…
Covid-19: are we at the peak of the 5th wave? A week on the front line of the epidemic
It hadn’t happened for almost four months. This week, the new contaminations recorded on the territory showed a decrease for four consecutive days, which had not happened for almost four…