Covid-19: new variants (almost) no longer cause loss of smell
© Shutterstock / E.VaWe hoped we could forget it, but yet the covid-19 is still there. In France, last week, ...
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How effective is the Pfizer vaccine against variants?
© Getty Images/iStockphotoFor now, these are only laboratory results. The observation is as follows: a single dose of Pfizer vaccine ...
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Why has the WHO decided to rename the variants of the coronavirus?
© Getty ImagesUntil now, variants of Covid-19 were identified in two ways. One, via the place of discovery of the ...
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Covid: what are these new vaccines (more effective against variants) arriving in the fall?
© ShutterstockThere 7th wave is here: the incidence rate of the epidemic has doubled in one week on almost all ...
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Covid-19: having been infected with Omicron at the start of 2022 (in addition to being vaccinated) would protect against new variants
© ShutterstockA Omicron infection coupled with vaccination against Covid-19 would be the best combination against a potential infection by the ...
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More numerous reinfections with the BA-2 variant?
The BA-2 variant of the BA-1 sub-variant largely dominates in the new contaminations recorded in France. THE ESSENTIAL The number ...
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Covid-19: if your cat is infected, can it generate a new variant?
Humans infected with SARS-CoV-2 can infect their pets. But can this "species jump" lead to mutations and the appearance of ...
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Covid-19: should we fear the Omicron sub-variant?
The lower severity of the Omicron variant, compared to its predecessors, has been confirmed by a British study. But in ...
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The Omicron variant could be responsible for dizziness and lightheadedness
If the main symptom observed in Covid patients infected with the Omicron variant is a form of cold, the British ...
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“Deltacron”: should we be concerned about the fusion between the variants Delta and Omicron recently discovered?
This weekend, Cypriot researchers claimed to have identified a strain that combines the Delta and Omicron variants. According to some ...
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Covid-19: how many times has the virus mutated in France?
As the new year approaches, Why Doctor invites you to take stock of twelve months of the pandemic with our ...
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Covid-19: the order of appearance of symptoms is not the same depending on the variant that infects us
According to a new study published in the journal "PLOS Computational Biology", the order of appearance of symptoms would not ...
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The Omicron variant may have already been circulating in Europe before it was identified
The Omicron variant was present in the Netherlands, at least several days before it was identified this weekend. Is this ...
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Should we be afraid of the Delta sub-variant?
The Delta subvariant is present in several countries, including France. It would be more transmissible but not more dangerous. Explanations ...
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Anti-Covid vaccination in France: the risk of a serious form reduced by 90%
A study of 22 million people in France shows the benefit of vaccination against severe forms of Covid requiring hospitalization ...
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Variant Delta: children and adolescents are no more at risk than with other forms of the virus
In the United States, there have been more hospitalizations of children and adolescents this summer. But the Delta variant would ...
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Effect of vaccination on the Delta variant: its contagiousness has no impact on hospitalizations in Israel and Great Britain
The effectiveness of the 2-dose vaccination is confirmed in a new French study on the Delta variant and would break ...
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Variant Delta: are we heading towards new restrictions?
With the progression of the Delta variant in France, the President of the Republic could announce new health measures this ...
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Covid-19: Sanofi promises a vaccine for Christmas
This Monday, Olivier Bogillot, president of Sanofi France, announced that the vaccine from the French firm should be available by ...
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Variant Delta: concern is mounting and the government is considering the compulsory vaccine
The presence and spread of the Delta variant is of concern to all countries in Europe. In France, the government ...
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Covid-19: natural immunity would ultimately be at least a year
Natural immunity, acquired after infection with SARS-CoV-2, would last for at least a year, the same duration as that conferred ...
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Covid-19: ultimately a seasonal disease?
Within the next decade, collective immunity against Covid-19 could be achieved. The disease could then become seasonal, with much less ...
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Covid-19: soon a universal vaccine effective against all variants?
Several laboratories are trying to find an effective vaccine against Covid-19 but also against its variants. Where is the research? ...
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South African and Brazilian variants: ‘No significant decrease in efficacy of mRNA vaccines’
Contents of this Pandemic Journal produced in partnership with Groupe VYV and led by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: How effective are ...
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Variants of Covid-19: has SARS-CoV-2 already reached its limits?
The number of variants associated with Covid-19 continues to grow. But according to some scientists, the situation could be less ...
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Covid-19: will the mutation of the virus ever stop?
The mutation of viruses is a natural phenomenon. It is possible that this process will stop on its own...or that ...
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A hybrid virus from two variants of SARS-CoV-2 spotted in California
This hybrid could have been born in a patient who had been contaminated simultaneously by two variants of the original ...
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For Jean Castex, “vaccination remains at the forefront of the strategy”
Prime Minister Jean Castex believes that France has entered “a form of third wave”. He is betting on vaccination to ...
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Side effects, efficacy, new products: what we really know about vaccines
Suspension of AstraZeneca, arrival of Johnson & Johnson, vaccination in pharmacies, the return of Sanofi, the results of Novavax, women ...
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Covid becoming a simple seasonal infection: can we believe it?
While a member of the French Scientific Council evokes a virus “which will fall into line”, an American analysis underlines ...
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