«Les sentinelles des pandémies», de Fréderic ...

Remontons aux origines de la pandémie du VIH-Sida qui a fait 36 millions de morts dans le monde. Quand et comment ce virus est-il passé du singe à l’homme ? Une longue histoire, complexe retracée par le virologue Ahidjo Ayouba de l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD ...  Show more

Une pandémie peut-elle changer la face du monde ? Nouvel épisode de Petite et grande histoires des épidémies où l’on retrouve, au micro de Caroline Lachowsky, la journaliste et essayiste britannique Laura Spinney, auteure d’un ouvrage de référence : La grande tueuse. Comment la g ...  Show more

Infectious diseases which cause epidemics and pandemics are on the rise.Claudia Hammond is joined by an eminent panel of disease detectives, who spell out why the risks are increasing and most importantly, what we can do to predict, prepare and protect ourselves against potential ...  Show more

Monkeypox is a virus that was first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria in the 1970s. Since then it has appeared around the world. More concerning is that the virus appears to be evolving and there are some unusual symptoms. The world has known about monkey ...  Show more

A few weeks ago, raw data gathered in Janaury 2020 from Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China — the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic — was uploaded to an online virology database. It caught the attention of researchers. A new genetic analysis from an internation ...  Show more

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our relationship with wildlife. The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is zoonotic, which means it originated in an animal. Experts believe the virus emerged in bats then jumped to an intermediary host, possibly pangolins ...