Tag: Health and medicine
France accepts all vaccines for international competitions
Foreign athletes will be able to participate in a competition in France regardless of the type of vaccine with which they have been vaccinated. These rules will apply from February…
myopia is gaining ground in the world
Myopia is gaining ground, especially in developed countries, and the projections are not reassuring. This vision disorder, which in some cases can lead to serious complications, affected 20% of the…
Guinea worm disease nearly eradicated, Carter Center says
This Sunday, January 30 is the third World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases. The WHO launched a new plan last year to fight against these twenty tropical pathologies linked to…
the incidence rate in the elderly on the rise
The incidence rate is rising among the elderly, relatively spared until then by this fifth wave of Covid-19. This is an observation made by Public Health France in its latest…
the Novavax vaccine will be distributed in priority in the overseas territories
Newly approved, Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine will be distributed overseas as a priority, Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. Based on a more traditional technology than that of messenger RNA, the Head…
the United Kingdom gives up mask and health pass
Mask in public places, telecommuting, visits to retirement homes… England lifted most of its restrictions on Thursday. RFI went to the business district of the City, where Londoners have not…
despite push from Omicron, Denmark lifts health restrictions
End of confinement for the unvaccinated in Austria, reopening of bars and restaurants in the Netherlands, end of compulsory testing for vaccinated travelers in the United Kingdom… Driven by the…
why the Metropolitan Police of London was slow to react?
London police are investigating parties in Downing Street during lockdowns. “Garden parties”, Christmas meals, birthday parties: there would have been at least 19 over the past two years. From our…
when the British police get involved…
A new shock for Boris Johnson: the London police announce the opening of an investigation for breaches of health restrictions. The British Prime Minister and his employees are accused of…
Tedros Ghebreyesus before the WHO executive board for re-election
He was totally unknown to the general public two years ago. It is now the global face of the fight against Covid-19. The Ethiopian boss of the WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus,…