Tag: transmission
Joseph Safieddine and Cyril Doisneau, a comic strip on exile and transmission
In an anonymous metropolis of a weakened country that we guess is Lebanon, Joseph Safieddine and Cyril Doisneau tell us the trajectories in four stages of two childhood friends, the…
Opening of the African film festival Vues d’Afrique: “There is a transmission of the torch”
Vues d’Afrique, the unmissable event for African cinema in North America, opens its doors this Thursday, April 20 in Montreal, Quebec. Mali’s Fatou Cissé’s opening film Hommage d’une fille à…
“Alma Viva”, a story of family transmission in the heart of rural Portugal
Alma Viva, the first feature film by Franco-Portuguese director Cristèle Alves Meira, was released in cinemas on Wednesday April 12 in France. A family fresco for a summer, in a…
Rotavirus: transmission, vaccine, age, treatment
Rotavirus is thought to be responsible for 14,000 hospitalizations in babies under 3 years old. It is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in children. Vaccination between 6 weeks and 6…
Airports: what are the areas most at risk of infectious disease transmission?
News Published on 03/23/2023 at 5:49 p.m. Updated 03/23/2023 at 5:49 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to a recent study, certain areas of an airport favor the transmission of infectious…
Huntington’s disease: symptoms, transmission, what is it?
Huntington’s disease (“Huntington’s chorea” or “Saint Guy’s dance”) is one of the most common hereditary neurological diseases. What is the cause ? How is it transmitted? How do we die?…
Aspergillosis: transmission, symptoms, cure
Aspergillosis is an infection caused by airborne fungi. Totally harmless for the vast majority of people, they can, in the most fragile, cause respiratory problems. Summary Definition: what is aspergillosis?…
Bird flu took a step towards human-to-human transmission at a Spanish mink farm, research confirms
Last October, workers at a mink farm in Carrala, near the Galician city of A Coruña, noticed that some of the mink’s muzzles were covered in blood. The minks had…
Tularemia: transmission, symptoms, treatment
Tularemia is an infection caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis transmitted to humans from animals. Most often benign, it can cause complications in rare cases. Professor Christian Chuard, head of…
Meningococcus B: case in France, transmission, which vaccine?
Cases of meningococcal B worried France this winter 2022/2023. Rather benign, this infection can sometimes cause serious illnesses such as meningitis or septicemia, which are potentially fatal. How does she…