Should the Marburg virus be a concern?
The virus causes hemorrhagic fever, with a very high risk of death. Two cases have been identified in Ghana. THE ...
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Lassa fever: what is this viral disease that has just killed one person in the UK?
Close to Ebola but less dazzling, Lassa fever has just caused the death of a patient in the United Kingdom. ...
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Why the case of dengue identified in the Paris region is worrying
One person was infected with dengue fever in Alfortville. She was returning from a stay in Africa. In the municipality, ...
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Dengue fever: the reasons that prevent the vaccine from really protecting against the disease
Although there is a vaccine against dengue fever, it is often ineffective against the pathogen, which is made up of ...
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In Nigeria, Lassa hemorrhagic fever kills silently
Nigeria is currently affected by an epidemic of Lassa hemorrhagic fever, which is much more deadly than the coronavirus. THE ...
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Tiger mosquito: what is dengue fever?
While dozens of cases are confirmed all over France due to the proliferation of the tiger mosquito, let's take the ...
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Ebola: 3 out of 4 survivors still have health problems
The results of the follow-up of Ebola survivors show that one year after their hospitalization, 3 out of 4 still ...
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Liberia: the trail of food poisoning
A week after the suspicious deaths of 12 people in Liberia, investigations are continuing. The trail of intoxication is explored. ...
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Spain: man dies after tick bite
A sixty-year-old has died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a disease transmitted by the bite of a tick. A nurse was ...
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Ebola: science at the bedside
For 2 years, West Africa has been hit by an Ebola epidemic that no one had predicted would wreak so ...
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Ebola: when the old molecules come out of the closet
For 2 years, West Africa has been hit by an Ebola epidemic that no one had predicted would wreak so ...
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Nine months later, Ebola survivors remain carriers of the virus
For 2 years, West Africa has been hit by an Ebola epidemic that no one had predicted would wreak so ...
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Ebola: a teenager dies in Liberia
While Liberia was declared free from the epidemic in early September, a 15-year-old boy died on Monday of hemorrhagic fever. ...
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Ebola: the Scottish nurse healed for the second time
She is officially cured of her reactivation of the Ebola virus. 39-year-old Scottish Pauline Cafferkey was released from the Royal ...
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Ebola: the difficult fight of the survivors
While the Ebola epidemic seems to be coming to an end, the WHO and humanitarian associations point out that the ...
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Ebola: contaminations have never been so low
The number of new Ebola victims has fallen sharply in recent days. With 2 new cases last week (Guinea, Sierra ...
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Ebola: Fabrizio Pulvirenti, an activist survivor
PORTRAIT - His serene gaze says nothing about his experience. Fabrizio Pulvirenti has been close to death. Infected with Ebola ...
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Ebola: new cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone
While the Ebola virus had been announced as eradicated from Liberia in early May by the WHO, it was in ...
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Ebola: Twitter was three days ahead of the authorities
Between Twitter and the Nigerian Ministry of Health, three days apart. The tweets reached 60 million people before the official ...
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Ebola: a distinguished Congolese doctor
Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe's research on Ebola hemorrhagic fever is rewarded. This Congolese doctor receives half a million euros for his ...
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