June 1, 2023

This mysterious epidemic of “monkey pox” transmitted from human to human in Europe

DECRYPTION – The first contaminations between humans outside Africa were detected in Great Britain. Britain remains at the forefront of monitoring new diseases. As with ...
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Immunotherapy: luring antibodies to attack new targets

DECRYPTION – Researchers have ‘disguised’ cells to make them vulnerable to widespread antibodies. “Sometimes we have a coffee, we chat, and the ideas come like ...
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Could the Omicron variant be “good news”?

THE CHEKING PROCESS – This is what some experts say, who believe that the mutation of a virus can reduce its lethality and thus make ...
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Sars-CoV-2, the genetic oddity that fuels suspicion

DECRYPTION – If several scenarios are on the table, no argument allows to support one hypothesis or the other. It is a small succession of ...
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When labs create “super viruses”

DECRYPTION –The Covid-19 pandemic has brought risky “job gain” experiences to the fore. The story begins in 2011. A time when Sars-CoV-2 does not exist, ...
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Covid-19: aeration of enclosed spaces, a major stake in limiting the spread of the virus

DECRYPTION – For establishments that reopen this Wednesday, no obligation to equip themselves with carbon dioxide concentration measuring devices, a good indicator of air quality, ...
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Virus sequencing remains too slow and too limited in France

More ambitious variant surveillance is called for by experts. But the public authorities are sticking to their positions. The screening strategy implemented in France makes ...
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Covid self-tests finally arrive in France

DECRYPTION – Politicians and doctors regret that these devices are only available in pharmacies. From next Monday, it will be possible to obtain Covid self-tests ...
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Frédéric Keck: “Bats deserve to be protected”

INTERVIEW – The researcher coordinated a book on flying mammals, unfairly accused of being responsible for many epidemics, including that of Covid-19. Anthropologist and CNRS ...
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The flu, big absent from winter

DECRYPTION – The curfew, the wearing of masks and physical distancing seem to have prevented the circulation of the flu but also of other contagious ...
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