Tag: disease
Fight against infectious disease: WHO recommends malaria vaccine for children
Status: 10/6/2021 8:05 p.m. WHO chief Tedros speaks of nothing less than a “historic moment”: For the first time, the WHO has recommended the widespread use of a malaria vaccine…
Less severe disease progression: Corona drug awakens hope
Status: 01.10.2021 4.30 p.m. The US pharmaceutical company MSD reports promising tests with the drug molnupiravir. It is designed to significantly reduce the risk of hospital stay and death from…
Dozens of people affected by a mysterious “Lille disease”? We take stock
It has been almost ten days since we can no longer go out in bars in Lille where young people have their habits without hearing about the famous “Lille disease”.…
Lipedema disease: “I thought that was my way of being fat” – Panorama
During puberty, Miriam Zaki’s body became more and more shapeless, she gained weight in her legs and arms, and tormented herself through dieting, but nothing helped. Until the 26-year-old found…
Chronic migraine patients recount the ravages of an often trivialized disease
“It’s like a storm that comes to devastate life,” says Joana Thibeault. This cataclysm is the migraine. From a few tough days each month, Joana suddenly went through seizures every…
AstraZeneca trial treatment effective in preventing disease
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced on Friday encouraging results for a treatment against Covid-19 which makes it possible to greatly reduce the risk of developing a symptomatic form of…
Charité study on Covid-19: What could protect children from severe disease
Status: 08/18/2021 3:57 p.m. Children are just as infected with the coronavirus as adults, but have to struggle much less often with severe courses. Scientists have now possibly found a…
6 solutions to fight the disease
© istock Mildew Downy mildew is a fungal disease, that is, caused by a fungus, well known to growers. This disease can destroy an entire crop, which is why it…
Highly contagious viral disease: Marburg fever detected in Guinea
Status: 08/09/2021 10:00 p.m. Less than two months after the end of an Ebola epidemic, authorities in Guinea are reporting infection with the Marburg virus. Similar to the Ebola virus,…
European disease agency predicts five times more new cases by August 1
The European disease agency predicts a strong rebound in the number of Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks, with nearly five times as many new cases by August 1 compared…