Tag: Science and Health
Origins of Covid-19: has the WHO quietly abandoned its investigation?
Too many “impediments”, and not enough access… has the World Health Organization (WHO) abandoned its investigation into the origins of Sars-Cov-2? A statement by one of the organization’s officials, castigating…
Chinese balloons: the battle for the stratosphere has only just begun
For the Americans, the diplomatic arm wrestling with China has turned into a ball-trap: a balloon qualified as a spy and three flying machines not very well identified were shot…
Strike of liberal doctors: behind a “historic movement”, a deep crisis
The seven unions of liberal doctors, the representatives of young doctors, but also the Order, interns, the National College of General Practitioners, SOS doctors and even two organizations of hospital…
The Last of Us: “zombifying” mushrooms (almost) as surprising in reality
Could global warming promote the mutation of fungi and give them the ability to infect and “take control” of human beings? This is the terrifying scenario imagined by the postapocalyptic…
Alternative medicine: the recipe for identifying biased clinical studies, by Pr Ernst
We hear this almost every day: “A new study has shown that XY treatment is effective”. Usually we don’t question the claim, and we assume that the XY treatment is…
Avian flu: humans protected from a pandemic, but for how long?
By dint of spreading to new species, will the avian flu epidemic end up threatening humans and turning into a real pandemic? Concern is mounting in the United States but…
To succeed, work is not enough… These ingredients of success often forgotten
Imagine that you heard the interview of the last winner of the Loto, holding this speech: “If I won, it is because I played the numbers that really have a…
Vaccination of children against influenza: a mixed recommendation and questions
The administrative language of the High Authority for Health (HAS) sometimes presents sibylline subtleties. So it is, for example, of its opinion published on February 9 on the vaccination of…
PODCAST. What is nuclear fusion? The Express explains everything
This week, Xavier and Yvon and Sébastien Julian, from the Sciences department of L’Express, explain to you what nuclear fusion is. Listen to this episode and subscribe to La Loupe…
Influenza: in full rebound of the epidemic, the authorities recommend vaccinating children from 2 years old
After a brief lull at the start of the year, the flu epidemic has rebounded for two weeks in France. According to the latest epidemiological bulletin from Public Health France,…