Tag: Science and Health
Maths: how to win back disadvantaged girls and children?
The adhesive tapes are still lying around here and there. In the middle of the “fractal” models, these mathematical patterns with a psychedelic air intertwined with each other that we…
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease: the virus that worries French breeders
Here is news that breeders could have done without. Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) was detected in three cattle farms, located in the Hautes-Pyrénées and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the south-west of…
Covid-19: the first consequences of going back to school
September also marks the return of Covid-19 to France. While the circulation of the virus had increased this summer due to tourism and festive events, the start of the school…
Hospital: recruitment, new beds… A “positive signal” to the AP-HP?
After a summer of high tension, is France’s leading hospital group heading towards an end to the crisis? While the AP-HP (Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) was forced to close 200…
Alzheimer’s disease: a challenge for health authorities
In France, 1.2 million people are affected by Alzheimer’s disease. It appears most often after the age of 65, and remains the most common neurodegenerative disease in the population aged…
Thibaud, 56, suffering from Alzheimer’s: “The diagnosis relieved me, it was no longer my fault”
Meeting Thibaud Caquot is no easy feat. One afternoon he swore to us that he couldn’t, before realizing that he had mixed up the days of the week. Even in…
Alternative medicine: “I was delighted to meet Charles until the day…”, by Professor Ernst
The interest, even adoration, of my French friends for the British monarchy has long perplexed me. My astonishment diminished, however, when I met the Queen. She came to visit my…
Medicines: price, pill… Government measures to avoid a new shortage
The state is trying to avoid a repeat of the situation this year. At the end of 2022, the winter was marked by numerous shortages and risks of stockouts of…
Glyphosate: why does the EU want to extend the authorization of the controversial herbicide?
Two months after the publication of a report estimating that the level of risk does not justify banning glyphosate, the European Commission proposed, this Wednesday, September 20, to renew for…
Floods in Libya: why this disaster risks causing epidemics
It is a threat of catastrophe that threatens grieving Libya. On September 10, this coastal town of 100,000 inhabitants in the east of the country was hit hard by storm…