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Announcement - Exclusive Interview with Victor Ambros, the 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine

This is Beirut, 09/12 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute

When, in 1993, Ambros identified a particular molecule, lin-4, he could not have imagined that he was laying the foundation for a scientific revolution. These microRNAs, invisible to the naked eye, are now considered the architects of biology, orchestrating essential processes within our cells. But what do these small, yet powerful, molecules ...

AIDS: In the Footsteps of a Major Scientific Scandal (2/2)

Alain E. Andrea, 05/12 14:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

AIDS Health France United States

At the end of the 20th century, AIDS, previously unknown, spread rapidly, plunging the world into an unprecedented public health crisis. Researchers worked diligently to uncover the causes of this mysterious disease. In May 1983, Luc Montagnier and his team at the Pasteur Institute in Paris published an article in Science announcing that they had ...

AIDS: In the Footsteps of a Major Scientific Scandal (1/2)

Alain E. Andrea, 02/12 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

AIDS Health France US

In the early 1980s, a previously unknown disease emerged, signaling an unprecedented upheaval in the history of global public health. It all began on June 5, 1981, with the publication in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of an article titled Pneumocystis Pneumonia—Los ...

Nomonde Ngema Highlights HIV Stigma on Charlize Theron’s Instagram

This is Beirut, 29/11 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Nations AIDS Health

The announcement made on Thursday, November 28, is a noteworthy step in raising awareness about HIV stigma, with activist Nomonde Ngema set to take over Charlize Theron’s Instagram to highlight the challenges faced by people living with HIV, particularly in South Africa. This collaboration highlights the ongoing challenges faced by people living ...

Health Minister Launches a Program for Emergency Healthcare Coverage

This is Beirut, 18/11 17:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Health Ministry of public health Firas Abyad displaced

Minister of Public Health Firas Abyad launched a new program to cover emergency primary healthcare services that do not require hospitalization. The new program will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19 and will remain in place after the war on Lebanon ends. This program is aimed at Lebanese citizens receiving treatment at the Ministry of Public ...

Diabetes, a disease with a bitter taste

Alain E. Andrea, 15/11 16:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Health Diabetes WHO

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally elevated blood glucose levels. Often asymptomatic in its early stages, it primarily affects the vascular system. Inadequately managed chronic hyperglycemia leads to progressive damage to blood vessel walls, resulting in microangiopathy (pathological changes in small blood ...

UK Faces Avian Flu Outbreak as H5N5 Strain Spreads

This is Beirut, 06/11 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Virus Flu Health UK

In northern England, Yorkshire is now facing an avian flu outbreak following the detection of the H5N5 strain in poultry, marking the first cases recorded in farming since the beginning of the autumn season, the UK government announced on Tuesday. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirmed that all poultry at the farm ...

Climate Change: “The Wasted Time Has Been Paid in Lives”

Alain E. Andrea, 04/11 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Climate change Health

The 2024 Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change reveals that global warming poses an increasingly significant threat to public health. Compiled annually by researchers from various universities and UN agencies, the study highlights the multiple dangers facing the global population. “Data in this year’s report show that people all ...

Polio: The Aborted Eradication of a Preventable Disease

Alain E. Andrea, 25/10 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Health Polio

Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a viral disease caused by the poliovirus, which invades the nervous system and spreads primarily through contaminated water or food. Highly contagious, it affects mainly unvaccinated children under five, with symptoms ranging from mild fevers to irreversible paralysis and death. Despite extensive global efforts, polio ...

Malaria: Egypt Eradicates the Pharaohs' Disease

Alain E. Andrea, 22/10 17:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Egypt Health Malaria WHO

In Egypt, malaria has long been a public health scourge. It intensified in the 20th century to become a major health issue, particularly in the rural areas of the Nile Delta, where environmental conditions favored the spread of the disease. However, a significant event occurred recently. On October 20, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced ...

Food Poisoning: The Fear on Our Plates!

Alain E. Andrea, 20/10 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Health food poisoning

In recent weeks, Lebanon has seen a notable rise in food poisoning cases, a phenomenon that cannot be separated from the socio-economic conditions burdening the country. The war context alone increases these risks, as we will explain later. However, other factors also play a role. First, the chronic lack or shortage of electricity severely ...

The Chaos of Insurance Against War Risks

Liliane Mokbel, 18/10 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

insurance war risk gaza health

Lebanon is under fire, and insurance premiums against war risks are reaching historic peaks. Reinsurers adjust the prices of premiums in real-time, responding instantly to changes in the intensity of the fighting on the ground. What is valid at one moment may no longer be so a few hours later. It’s chaos. Renewing war risk insurance policies in ...

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