News
2017.11.22
An outbreak of pneumonic plague has been ongoing in Madagascar for several weeks. As indicated on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, "based on the...
Document de presse
2017.11.10
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in collaboration with several other international institutions, recently published...
News
2017.10.19
The unfortunate and exceptional case of rabies in France (in October, 2017) highlights the need to inquire about the potential risks when traveling abroad...
News
2017.07.06
Health professionals are rallying around in support of the French government's plan to make 11 vaccines compulsory for children. Prof. Philippe Sansonetti, a...
Document de presse
2017.07.17
Malaria super-spreading mosquitoes can now be identified more easily. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS and IRD, in collaboration with scientific...
News
2017.07.03
The Institut Pasteur owes much of what (and where) it is today to Simone Veil.
On June 12, 1975, Simone Veil, then French Minister of Health and Family, held a...
News
2017.03.27
Population growth and economic activity are factors that largely influence ecosystem changes. These changes can in turn have consequences for human populations...
News
2016.05.19
Although several Listeria strains can cause listeriosis, some are particularly virulent. This is because they secrete a toxin that damages the intestinal...
News
2016.12.01
The number of newborns infected with Hepatitis B may be twice as high as HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
While the risk of mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis...
News
2016.10.18
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the Institut Gustave-Roussy, have identified two bacterial species naturally present in the body,...