Tag: Science
STI: this alert that comes to us from England, by Pr. Gilles Pialoux
According to the annual report on screening and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) published by the Public Health England, the health authority for England, our neighbors experienced a worrying upward trend…
Compulsory vaccination of caregivers: the conclusions of the Ethics Committee
The vaccination obligation for caregivers can “be legitimate” in the event of a health crisis potentially jeopardizing the healthcare system, estimated on Tuesday July 11 the National Consultative Ethics Committee…
Breast cancer and colorectal cancer: the screening rate is very insufficient in France
Screenings for breast cancer and colorectal cancer are still experiencing low participation in France, and the Covid pandemic has, in the first case, not helped anything, according to two studies…
“Do you accept our cookies?” : how companies try to deceive you
“If it’s free, you are the product.” According to Laurent Chemla, computer scientist and author of the book Confessions of a thief: Internet, confiscated freedomit would be more accurate to…
Climate, biodiversity… Let’s not abandon rationality, let’s rebuild it, by Etienne Klein
Four years ago, Michel Serres left us. Cybernetics, communication, religions, history of science, art, mathematics, bodies, symbols, languages, oceans, mountaineering, Tintin, everything interested the philosopher, but it was the persistence…
Glyphosate: “The debate is so divisive that it is difficult to discuss”
Glyphosate, a herbicide molecule used in many commercial formulations aimed at eliminating weeds, does not present a “critical area of concern” in humans, animals and the environment preventing the renewal…
Riots: when neighborhood renovation is just as safe
The toll is rather light: a disused neighborhood house and burnt out cars. Despite the scorched smell, the Parc aux Hares has not been totally swept away by the riots…
What are NGTs, these “new GMOs” whose use the European Commission wants to facilitate?
Varieties requiring less pesticides, seeds that are more durable, more productive or more resistant to drought and disease, wheat low in gluten… Here are the promises of “NGT”, the “new…
“Essential” drugs: duplicates, omissions and molecules of little use, by Pr Gilles Pialoux
Antidiabetics, antibiotics, anticoagulants, antidepressants, antipsychotics… More than two weeks after its publication, the list of 450 so-called “essential” drugs presented by François Braun, Minister of Health, and Roland Lescure, Minister…
In Tanzania, fear of a rice “Covid”
In Tanzania, a disease is ravaging rice crops. An epidemic that is gaining momentum, about 20% of the country’s rice fields would be affected according to the Tanzanian agricultural research…