Tag: Health and medicine
thwarted efforts in the fight against tuberculosis
For the first time in ten years, the number of deaths linked to the disease is on the rise. Direct consequence of the pandemic which disrupted prevention and treatment programs…
a first step towards the lifting of intellectual property rights
The issue of patents on Covid-19 vaccines may be on the way to being resolved. After a year and a half of discussions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is taking…
1.4 million children have fled since the start of the Russian offensive
Never has a conflict displaced so many people in such a short time since the Second World War alert this Tuesday, March 15, Unicef. The United Nations children’s agency says…
Covid-19 in France: “The lifting of the wearing of the mask and the vaccination pass is surely too early”
From this Monday, health restrictions aimed at combating the Covid-19 epidemic in France will ease considerably, despite the number of contaminations which is on the rise again. For the government,…
France lifts the majority of its health measures against Covid-19 on Monday
This Monday, March 14, the health protocol is lightened in France, as Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on March 3. No more vaccination passes, or social distancing for those who…
China records nearly 3,400 cases in one day, a two-year high
China has recorded 3,393 cases of Covid-19 this Sunday, according to official data. A record since the start of the epidemic in February 2020. Due to a spike in cases…
Quebec lifts the vaccination passport requirement
Faced with the drop in cases of Covid-19 in Quebec, the government of the French-speaking province is lifting this Saturday the obligation of vaccination passports in bars and restaurants, after…
the number of deaths would be largely underestimated according to a study by The Lancet
The Covid-19 pandemic would have caused more than 18 million deaths worldwide between the beginning of 2020 and the end of 2021, more than three times the official toll, according…
death of the first recipient of a pig’s heart two months after the transplant
He had been the first to be transplanted with a genetically modified pig’s heart, on January 7, 2022, in the United States. David Bennett is dead. The experience allowed him…
Joe Biden acts on the change of strategy against the Covid-19 and asks for more money
The White House has released a document that details its new coronavirus strategy as the Omicron wave appears to have passed. The Biden administration takes note of the loosening of…