Avian influenza
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2026.04.24
Live attenuated vaccines
Principle: a weakened or very similar version of the virus or bacteria is used. This weakened microbe is no longer capable of...
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2025.12.18
Updated on April 16, 2026.
Read the report on the 2025–2026 season for respiratory infections in France (in French), published by French Health Authorities...
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2025.12.18
Every winter, viruses affect millions of people in France, placing huge pressure on healthcare facilities. Given the diverse nature of these viruses and...
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2025.10.03
According to Santé publique France, suspected cases of COVID increased by 37% in adults during the week of September 15-21, 2025 in mainland France, down...
Vidéo
2025.06.10
Avian flu is all over the news... but what is the real risk to humans?
Marie-Anne Welti, head of the Molecular Mechanisms of Pneumovirus Multiplication unit at...
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2025.05.08
Updated on December 19, 2025.
Since 2022, the world has been grappling with a severe epizootic of avian influenza, affecting birds and sometimes also farmed...
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2025.03.20
Here is the story of a successful international collaboration. The Institut Pasteur and the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at the University of...
Vidéo
2025.01.10
Influenza epidemic: how to protect yourself?
Between 2 and 6 million people in France are affected each year.
No one is immune, so it's best to be well-...
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2024.06.10
© musée des Confluences – Bertrand Stofleth
The exhibition looks back at a shared history involving humans, animals and microorganisms, the history of...
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2022.08.05
RNA viruses, which include influenza viruses, SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) and HIV, are one of the major threats that the immune system has to deal...