Covid-19: between Delta and Omicron, the situation remains tense in hospitals
DECRYPTION – Hard-hit by two years of epidemic, the Covid units are still expecting a few difficult weeks. What impact will the Omicron surge, which ...
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Jean-Jacques Hublin: “Homo sapiens has invaded the planet”
INTERVIEW – The paleontologist tells how modern man has gained the upper hand over other human species with which he has cohabited for a long ...
Covid-19: in children, cases are skyrocketing with Omicron, vaccination is slipping
Serious cases, a marked increase compared to previous waves, remain limited. For weeks, Omicron has been wreaking havoc in classrooms. Currently, authorities record 75,000 daily ...
These remarkable plants “discovered” by botanists in 2021
FOCUS – Each year, scientists describe and give their official names to 2,000 new plant species. Although they spend a large part of their energy ...
Should we be worried about the “French variant” highlighted by Didier Raoult’s IHU?
DECRYPTION – Identified in Marseille at the end of November, this strain is closely monitored by scientists. Explanations. Even if the Anglo-Saxon press and many ...
Covid-19 at school: where did the saliva tests go?
DECRYPTION – While a study shows that saliva PCR tests more effectively detect the Omicron variant, the High Authority for Health announced at Figaro that ...
Covid-19: is France “the second country” which tests the most, as Jean Castex asserts?
THE CHEKING PROCESS – While France continues to beat daily test records, the Prime Minister, like his colleague in Health Olivier Véran, praised the ascendancy ...
France seizes on endometriosis problem
A report on the development of a national strategy to fight this female disease was given to Emmanuel Macron. It currently takes an average of ...
The James Webb telescope successfully deployed
Two weeks after takeoff, the craft is in its final configuration. A huge relief for NASA. “It is not the end, nor even the beginning ...
Two years ago, China announced a first death from Covid-19
THE FIGARO ARCHIVES – On January 11, 2020, Chinese authorities revealed the death of a person infected with a new coronavirus. Since then, Sars-Cov-2 has ...