Conversation with Mircea Sofonea: “Today, the virus is spreading exponentially”
Published on: March 19 , 2021
What is the current status of the pandemic in our country? What should we make of the measures announced on Thursday…
# Science Is Fun: SARS-CoV-2 and Its Variants
Published on: March 4 , 2021
Welcome to this new episode of *La science s’aMuse*, the science show co-produced…
Thierry Lefrançois of CIRAD, the first veterinarian appointed to the French COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board
Published on: February 17 , 2021
Thierry Lefrançois, a veterinarian specializing in healthcare networks and integrated approaches…
Mircea Sofonea: “Modeling is simply another form of quantitative data analysis—not a form of divination.”
Published on: February 16 , 2021
Mircea Sofonea is an epidemiologist at the Infectious Diseases Laboratory and…
Managing Absenteeism in Public Hospitals: The Harmful Effects of Overly Fragile Solutions
Published on: February 8 , 2021
In 2020, the absenteeism rate in French hospitals averaged between 9.5% and…
[LUM#13] My Small Business Will Weather the Crisis
Published on: January 25 , 2021
A survey of business leaders reveals that while the health crisis has increased…
[LUM#13] The Plastic Pandemic: A Step Backward
Published on: January 22 , 2021
The tentative wave of “deplasticization” that began a few years ago has been overwhelmed by…
[LUM#13] In the Mood for CoV
Published on: January 20 , 2021
Improve global health surveillance and accelerate decision-making by providing…
[LUM#13] Africa Beyond the Pandemic
Published on: January 18 , 2021
But what's going on in Africa? To answer that question, a test…
COVID-19: “We must at all costs prevent the British variant from becoming the dominant strain”
Published on: January 15 , 2021
The B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, previously designated VUI202012/01 (for…
[LUM#13] “If we don’t change, it will happen again”
Published on: January 7 , 2021
“Completely predictable.” That’s how Serge Morand* describes the pandemic of…
Price transparency could improve the effectiveness of the vaccination campaign
Published on: January 7 , 2021
In mid-December, shortly before the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe, Eva…
# Science Is Fun: From the Psychology of Preventive Measures to Quarantine Insects
Published on: January 6 , 2021
Welcome to *La science s’aMuse*, the science show co-produced by theUM and…
What public health measures are the French willing to accept?
Published on: January 6 , 2021
New Year’s Eve celebrations in small groups or canceled, families scattered and isolated,…
[LUM#13] The Bat Under the Radar
Published on: January 4 , 2021
Gaining a better understanding of the coronaviruses found in bats to better prevent and anticipate…
[LUM#13] In the coronavirus family, I’d like to ask…
Published on: December 28 , 2020
How do we know that SARS-CoV-2 is descended from the same “ancestral” coronavirus as the one responsible for…