Tag: Science and Health
Fight against AIDS: a poorly monitored and poorly controlled epidemic
A worrying silence now surrounds the AIDS epidemic, made invisible by other emergencies – the health crisis, the hospital crisis, the war in Ukraine, the power cuts… December 1st was…
Covid-19, Mpox, avian flu… The decline of biodiversity threatens us all
Animals of all kinds locked up in a market, a confined city, an invisible enemy raging, the world soon to its knees… The beginning of the script for a disaster…
Levothyrox: why is the drug agency under investigation?
After the French subsidiary of the Merck group, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products is in turn indicted for “deception”, in the case of the…
Covid-19: how long does the protection conferred by the vaccine last?
“A burst of vaccination to protect” against Covid-19. This is the call launched this Friday, December 9 by the Minister of Health François Braun, who held a press conference on…
Power cuts: pharmacists worried about having to “throw away stock”
To cope, in the event of power cuts, few solutions are available to Jocelyne Wittevrongel, pharmacist in Saint-Gaultier, in Indre. “We will surely have to throw away some of the…
Streptococci A: three questions about the “unusual increase” in infections in children
A resurgence of infections linked to bacteria of the category “streptococci A” has caused the death of several children in France, health authorities warned on December 6. On the other…
Covid-19: doses, priorities… The blur around people eligible for the vaccine
“I am 65 years old, I was vaccinated at the end of May. When is the next dose against Covid-19 for me?” Asks Sylvie, who came to stock up at…
Vegetation, watering… How French cities adapt to heat waves
On July 18, around sixty French municipalities experienced absolute temperature records: 38.2°C in Limoges, 39.7°C in Saint-Brieuc, 40.1°C in Caen, 42°C in Nantes… And it will take some getting used…
Covid-19: BQ1.1, the sub-variant that threatens the immunocompromised
It’s a little game of perpetual genomic evolution that doesn’t appeal to fragile people. BQ.1.1, the new Omicron variant subline continues to surprise with its ability to evade immune defences.…
Covid-19: a very sharp increase in hospitalizations among the over 65s
For ten days, the curve of daily Covid-19 contaminations has continued to point upwards. Tuesday, December 6, a new peak was reached. 105,516 people tested positive, a first since July.…