Tag: Science and Health
Murders, scams and bewitchments: when the marabouts mean you harm
After her session, Lisa* felt a little lighter. She was one of those people who smiled at most reading the promises in the advertisements, browsing the little bits of paper…
Drugs, tobacco and alcohol: the “social” cost far exceeds tax revenue
Tobacco is the drug that costs society and the French state the most, with 156 billion euros per year. Alcohol is in second place with 102 billion. Finally, illicit drugs…
Magnets, phony generators and conspiracy: the charlatans of “free” energy
The sequence only lasts a few seconds. “Do you believe in free energy?” Says rapper Lorenzo in the video “Who will be the best inventor” by youtuber Michou, published on…
Measles: towards a vaccination obligation for caregivers
After having recommended the end of the compulsory vaccination of caregivers against Covid-19, the High Authority for Health (HAS) published, Monday July 31, a second report devoted to other vaccine…
Between science and politics, find a common language, by Pr Alain Fischer
Covid pandemic, city policy, energy choices, climate, water resources, soils, forests, biodiversity, digital, artificial intelligence, genomics applications, embryo, science education… This long list, although not exhaustive, enumerates as many political…
Have the aliens landed? The strange hearings of the American Congress
“Have you seen any alien bodies?”, “Who should we ask, to get answers about aliens and US programs?” In the room, nervous chuckles crack the solemn veneer of the moment.…
Acupuncture, osteopathy… The multiple harmful effects of alternative medicine
Conventional health care has come a long way and is arguably more effective than ever in diagnosing and treating disease. So why do so many people turn their backs on…
Bronchiolitis: a first vaccine for infants approved in Europe
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorized for the first time, on Friday July 21, a vaccine intended to protect both people aged 60 and over, and infants against the RSV…
Oppenheimer nuclear test: 78 years later, a study reveals the extent of radioactive fallout
On July 16, 1945, a mushroom cloud rose in the sky of the New Mexico desert (United States). The location, an arid, sandy stretch of desert, was chosen by the…
HIV, a 6th patient in remission: how his case disrupts research
The “Geneva patient” should have died twice. First in the 1990s, when he caught AIDS, a disease then synonymous with certain death, for lack of treatment limiting its multiplication in…