Tag: Science and Health
Sun creams: the study which confirms the negative effect on corals
Among 53 substances studied (UV filters, hydrocarbons, pesticides, metals) “half may present risks for coral reefs and contribute to their degradation”, concludes the Health Security Agency (ANSES), in a report…
Flu, Covid-19… Everything you need to know about the back-to-school vaccination campaigns
It’s a busy start to the school year from a vaccination point of view… Babies against bronchiolitis, vulnerable people against Covid-19 and the flu, adolescents against papillomaviruses: the fall will…
The fire ant has arrived in Europe: why we should fear it
It is one of the most invasive species in the world. The fire ant, Solenopsis invicta from its scientific name, was observed for the first time in Europe in recent…
Why does our brain age? A recent discovery lifts a corner of the veil, by Professor Fischer
One of the challenges of our societies is to support the increase in life expectancy. In two centuries, in France, the share of people aged over 65 in the population…
Long Covid: “Something seems to happen in the very first moments of infection”
He is one of the rare French specialists in long Covid. Suffice it to say, a lover of scientific and medical enigmas and mysteries. While a study published on August…
Bisphenol A, an omnipresence which worries: “The only solution is to ban it completely”
Bisphenol A caused a lot of discussion at the turn of the 2010s. The general public then discovered the toxicity of this chemical substance present in many plastics. Shock and…
Covid-19: the vaccination campaign brought forward to October 2
Initially, anti-Covid vaccination for the most vulnerable was to be carried out at the same time as that of the flu, from October 17. Except that the Minister of Health…
Covid: EU gives Moderna green light for its updated vaccine
Although, since the beginning of May, the World Health Organization (WHO) no longer considers Covid-19 a global health emergency, the virus is still circulating and new strains continue to emerge.…
Has the James Webb Telescope detected a trace of life around a planet?
More than a year and a half after its launch on December 25, 2021, NASA’s James Webb space telescope has made numerous discoveries. This week, the US agency and ESA,…
“My work on cancer was considered preposterous”: Michel Sadelain, the revenge of an obstinate man
To be successful, a scientist must not just be brilliant. He often also has to be pugnacious, even stubborn, equipped with an ironclad shell to withstand the fiercest criticism and…