Tag: Science and Health
“To save the hospital, let’s control the number of patients per nurse” – L’Express
Long waiting times in emergency rooms, overwhelmed GPs, unreachable specialists… Are the French condemned to having ever more difficulty receiving proper care when they are sick, and to seeing the…
Airborne droplets, a route of virus transmission? – L’Express
Scientists are continuing to study how Mpox is transmitted. According to a WHO spokeswoman, droplets are a “minor” route of transmission of the virus. According to the World Health Organization,…
Are Covid vaccines responsible for myocarditis? The conclusions of a new study – L’Express
During the Covid-19 crisis, vaccines were the main weapon to reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths. In particular, the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna. However,…
This deadly virus that worries the authorities in the United States – L’Express
At least four cities in the state of Massachusetts, north of New York, are on alert. Parks and other outdoor areas are closed at night, while residents are urged to…
Pancreatic cancer, why so many cases? What still eludes scientists – L’Express
For a long time, pancreatic cancer was one of those cancers that people didn’t even bother to confirm. Once the outward signs of the disease were identified, doctors would simply…
EU approves Moderna vaccine for over-60s – L’Express
After the United States, the European Union. The European Commission announced on Friday, August 23, that it had approved the Moderna laboratory vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), responsible for…
Is Tecovirimat effective against Mpox? What science already knows – L’Express
The drug tecovirimat represented, along with vaccines, one of the main hopes in the fight against Mpox. At least until now. This antiviral, also known as “Tpoxx” or “tecovirimat SIGA”,…
“African demand for vaccines is considerable, time is running out” – L’Express
On August 14, the World Health Organization declared Mpox an “international health emergency.” Since then, a race against time has begun: helping Africa obtain enough vaccine doses before the epidemic,…
on the proper use of bacteriological warfare against mosquitoes, by Professor Alain Fischer – L’Express
Dengue fever is a viral disease – an arbovirosis – caused by an RNA virus (flavivirus) transmitted by mosquito bites: mosquitos tiger and Egypt. The number of cases worldwide continues…
The reasons for the anger of medical interns – L’Express
French hospitals will have to deal with about “a thousand” fewer interns in the fall, according to Lucas Poittevin, president of the National Association of Medical Students (Anemf). The reason…