Mpox: WHO gives green light for new diagnostic test
The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized the deployment of the first test to diagnose mpox. THE ESSENTIAL More than ...
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Visceral leishmaniasis: a new ultra-rapid test directly detects the parasite
Brazilian researchers have developed a PCR test that detects the parasites responsible for visceral leishmaniasis in less than two hours. ...
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Listeriosis: a PCR test to identify the strains responsible for food poisoning
The National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) has developed a new PCR test that can ...
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Pandemic: tests and self-isolation would be more effective than confinement
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, containment measures were the first to be adopted by the majority of countries. Yet a ...
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Covid-19: used tissues to replace PCR test swabs
PCR swab tests to detect respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, the cause of Covid-19, could be replaced by an analysis ...
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Covid-19: tests are no longer fully reimbursed for 18-65 year olds
As of today, Health Insurance coverage of coronavirus screening tests is changing. THE ESSENTIAL As of March 1, Covid-19 screening ...
Read moreTrisomy 21: a blood test instead of amniocentesis
Doctors demand it, women too. Meeting this Friday in Paris, the members of the French Society of Predictive and Personalized ...
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Excess iron in the blood, an unrecognized cause of fatigue!
Fatigue is the first symptom that motivates to consult a doctor. A common and often overlooked cause is excess iron ...
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Melanoma: can it be detected through a blood test?
Specific cells circulating in the blood can detect the presence of a tumour. Melanoma is a skin cancer, and is ...
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Coronavirus: a blood test predicts the risk of death
The size of red blood cells is an indicator to determine the chances of survival after a Covid-19 infection. THE ...
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Covid-19: self-tests will not be reimbursed by Health Insurance for the holidays
Announced by the main pharmacists' union, free self-testing for the end-of-year celebrations is ultimately not an option that has been ...
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What’s changing today: 24-hour tests and new school rules
As of Monday, the validity period for PCR and antigen tests is reduced from 72 hours to 24 hours. In ...
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Covid-19: no recall with Moderna for HAS
This Friday, the High Authority for Health recommended no longer using the Moderna vaccine as a precautionary booster dose, due ...
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Sanitary pass: soon the end of self-tests
In a few days, only RT-PCR and antigen tests will be recognized for the health pass. And these will no ...
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Third dose, paid tests, symptoms…: the latest Covid news
The HAS recommends a third dose for caregivers working in medical transport and in the medico-social sector, while the first ...
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Covid-19: a new method makes it possible to identify people at risk of serious forms
Thanks to a PCR test, it would be possible to determine if a person is contagious and if they are ...
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Lyme disease: a new test to detect it at an early stage
This highly sensitive new test is able to detect a single bacterial cell in a blood sample, which could help ...
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Nasopharyngeal tests: caution with swabs
The Academy of Medicine warns of these tests which “are not without risk” and evokes cases of “breaches of the ...
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Covid-19 self-tests: but what are we waiting for?
Still not available and planned only for a targeted audience from mid-April, the self-tests are requested by many specialists. This ...
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Covid-19: delay for self-tests and a new simple and effective serological test
The self-tests, already validated by the High Authority for Health, will finally be deployed only from mid-April only in pharmacies ...
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Covid-19: self-tests validated by the High Health Authority
The High Authority for Health has given the green light for the use of self-tests for people without symptoms over ...
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Fight against variants: a double test imposed for all positive people
To fight against the rapid spread of variants, health protocols are being strengthened: better tracing of variants, extension of the ...
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Covid-19: rectal screening, more effective than nasal screening, confirms the interest of analyzing wastewater
Screening for Covid-19 through the rectum, used in particular in China for foreign travelers, is more effective than nasal screening. ...
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Home visits for positives and contact cases: support or monitoring?
People who test positive for Covid-19 will be offered a visit by a healthcare team for “reinforced support”, in the ...
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Mass screening for Covid-19: how does it work, and what is it for?
Massive screening operations for Covid-19 start this Monday, December 14 in several French cities. Explanations. THE ESSENTIAL The first operations ...
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Covid-19: mass screening could extinguish the epidemic in 6 weeks
The deployment of massive and rapid tests thanks to antigenic tests, even if they are less reliable, carried out over ...
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Ehpad: how to protect your loved ones when you visit them?
New measures for visitors to nursing homes will come into force in the coming days, including the performance of a ...
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Elon Musk does four antigen tests: two are positive and two negative
If the results of the tests – carried out on the same day – may surprise, it is however not ...
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Covid-19 tests: where do we wait the longest for our results in France?
According to the Drees, more than 2 million tests were carried out in France between October 26 and November 1, ...
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Woman ends up with swab stuck in lung after Covid-19 test
A woman fitted with a tracheostomy tube for an operation found herself with a swab stuck in a pulmonary bronchus ...
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