Red alert for the flu, bronchiolitis and Covid-19 in decline… Where is the triple epidemic?

Epidemics still under surveillance. For several weeks, three diseases have been spreading throughout France and are undermining hospital services: Covid-19, as for almost three years, bronchiolitis, more virulent than in previous years, and the flu, as every winter. According to the weekly bulletins of Public Health France, the latter is still on the rise in … Read more

Hydroalcoholic gel, hand washing… Really useful barrier gestures to fight against Covid?

The epidemiologist, on the other hand, prefers to insist on the major role of the mask, which appears all the more useful when studying the functioning of the virus. SARS-CoV-2, she recalls, “is transmitted mainly by aerosols, a term that refers to a mixture of liquid and solid particles with a size of less than … Read more

20 million deaths avoided thanks to the Covid vaccine: what to think of this Lancet study?

However, does Rodolphe ThiĆ©baut consider that there are no problematic elements to report on the methodological level? Nope : “There are always things to say about all the articles. Here, for example, we could wonder about certain elements used and which relate to countries that are less advanced in terms of health. But this is … Read more

Covid-19: what is this “super cold” that has been raging in Australia since the lifting of restrictions?

“Super cold”. This is how Australians have named the virus that has caused a wave of infections since the country lifted its anti-Covid health restrictions in February. With thousands of cases reported, this viral infection presents several symptoms, some of which are similar to the stomach flu (nausea, diarrhea, vomiting) and others are similar to … Read more

What the Institut Pasteur study teaches us about the possible origins of Covid-19

More than two years after the official appearance of the virus, mystery still reigns over the origins of Covid-19. Does it come from pangolins, as initially indicated, from another animal species, or from a laboratory leak? Despite the investigations of scientists in Wuhan (China), the cradle of the pandemic, there is still no certainty. But … Read more

LIVE – Covid-19: contamination and hospitalizations on the rise before the entry into force of the vaccination pass

WAREHOUSES HAVE THE RATING The rise of e-commerce, thanks to the health crisis, has led to a rush on warehouses in France in 2021. Rent prices could soar in 2022. “The demand for warehouses in France still has a bright future ahead of it!” Pierre-Louis Dumont, industrial and logistics executive director at the business real … Read more