Health

The pangolin, a small mammal with scales in danger of extinction, could be the animal that transmitted the new coronavirus to humans, Chinese scientists said on Friday (February 7th). Researchers at the Southern China University of Agriculture have identified pangolin as a possible intermediate host that facilitated the transmission of the virus, the university said in …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes, kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to prevent the spread of the virus epidemic in China. Russia, which has no confirmed cases of …

On Saturday, February 1, China announced the re-emergence of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in Hunan Province, bordering Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. As China faces an epidemic of coronavirus, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced that H5N1 bird flu has resurfaced in Hunan Province. …

For several weeks, the coronavirus has been a source of concern on several continents. This virus, apparently born  in the heart of a seafood market in Wuhan, in central China, has already killed 81 people there, and 2,744 cases have been identified throughout the country. 40,000 people may have been infected  Since …

Bats are likely to be the possible source of the coronavirus epidemic, which appeared in China, as these organisms have been shown to have an immune system that allows them to coexist with many pathogenic viruses. “We do not yet know the source of this virus, but there is strong …

As the mysterious Chinese coronavirus seems to be spreading more and more, a map allows you to follow the evolution of the epidemic in real time. The map, available HERE , was developed by researchers from Johns-Hopkins University in the United States. It lists all confirmed cases worldwide, as well as suspected cases. It …

Scientists at Cardiff University have discovered an immune cell that is capable of attacking all forms of cancer. giving hope for the development of a universal treatment.  A new type of T cell (or T lymphocyte) has been discovered in the blood and is believed to carry a receptor never seen …

Xenophobic conversations about Chinese eating habits go viral on the Internet Such ignorance is not only unpleasant – misdiagnosing the problem is also dangerous. A change.org petition launched on January 26 had 118,858 signatures Wednesday afternoon. Ian Ong, who wrote: “We are not rat or bat eaters and should not have …

On the pedophilia process in Dendermonde, the term “chemical castration” has fallen. This means that with medication, you lower a person’s testosterone level to decrease or even eliminate their sexual appetite. One of the defendants indicated that he was ready to submit to this procedure, to prevent him from falling back into …

Lola lived 5,700 years ago and loved to chew prehistoric chewing gum. The latter was found, perfectly preserved, by Danish researchers who extracted a myriad of information on the life of Lola. She lived at the present site of Syltholm, on the Island of Lolland, in Denmark, 5,700 years before …

In her report published by the Russian site “FBI Re”, the author Julia Lubach presented a list of the 10 worst foods that negatively affect our skin and cause us to age quickly, so we must be careful when consuming it: 1- Sugar The author said that sugar is responsible …

Pornography seems to have existed since we have traces of humanity and has changed with the arrival of each new media. Hundreds of frescoes and sexually explicit sculptures have been discovered in the ruins of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. Since the advent of the internet, the use of pornography has …

“Chinese researchers have come up with an important discovery: to cure depression, aspirin and ibuprofen would be more effective than antidepressants.”  The publication in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry  , in late October, of observations by scientists from the Department of Neurology, University of Science and Technology, Huazhong, China, was widely reported …

Researchers in the United States have successfully eradicated HIV, the virus that causes AIDS , in some infected mice. Scientists from the University of Nebraska and Temple University of Philadelphia behind this feat revealed their findings in a study published in the journal Nature  . For this study, the researchers combined two advanced technologies. They first …

The number of people with   type  2 diabetes is steadily increasing and the  International Diabetes Federation  predicts that the number of people with diabetes could increase from 285 million in 2010 to 438 million in 2030. This global increase is mainly due to the aging of the population as well as the growing evolution of obesity, …