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News | 2020.01.01
The Institut Pasteur wishes you a happy new year 2020
The Institut Pasteur wishes you all the best for 2020. We would also like to thank the 13 artists who supported our researchers by customizing a lab coat, the results of which illuminate this New Year's greeting. In 2020, put on your lab coat too! The 2019 Pasteurdon, the Institut Pasteur’s fundraising campaign, was a unique and memorable moment thanks to the 13 graffiti artists who...
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News | 2021.03.09
Whooping cough: light shed on the entry mechanism of a key Bordetella pertussis virulence factor
Bordetella pertussis is the agent responsible for whooping cough, a disease that is currently on the rise. In particular, the bacterium produces the CyaA toxin. A consortium including several teams from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS, and Sorbonne University, working closely with the C2RT Proteins Pole technical cores and several SOLEIL and ESRF synchrotron light lines, has examined the entry...
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News | 2020.12.01
Use of the maladiecoronavirus.fr web application during the first wave helped reduce call volumes to the French medical emergency number
The maladiecoronavirus.fr web application is a self-triage tool for suspected COVID-19 cases. It was the first application to be approved by the French Ministry of Health in March 2020, and has since been used by almost 13 million people. A study has demonstrated that use of maladiecoronavirus.fr led to an eightfold reduction in the number of unnecessary calls to the French medical emergency...
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Report | 2025.06.12
Climate change isn't just about climate !
As we are already feeling the major impacts of climate change, we urgently need to gain a better understanding of the consequences of environmental transitions for human health. With its unique expertise in infectious and vector-borne diseases, the Institut Pasteur is working actively in this field.Read on to find out more about some of the ways in which the environment is changing, biomedical...
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Article | 2023.12.18
Interdisciplinary Training in Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Bioinformatics
This interdisciplinary programme, funded by ECDC, combines lectures and practical sessions delivered by multiple host institutions in order to enhance surveillance, preparedness, and readiness to respond to outbreaks.
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News | 2022.03.22
World Water Day: several water-related diseases still exist
World Water Day is held on March 22, 2022. The theme for this year’s edition is: "Groundwater – making the invisible visible". On this occasion, learn more about diseases related to water access – predominantly infectious diseases – in our fact sheets and some of the initiatives implemented by the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Pasteur Network.
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Article | 2017.08.08
General Recommendations
VACCINATIONSBefore traveling abroad, a vaccination schedule should be drawn up based on two criteria:Administrative obligation: the measures adopted by the country to protect against an infectious risk from another country, rather than the actual risks for the traveler.The actual risks for the traveler: these vary depending on the health situation of the country they are going to, the...
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Report | 2019.01.28
Yellow fever, the story of a re-emerging virus
With outbreaks in Angola in 2015 and Brazil in 2016, and cases detected in French Guiana in 2017 and even recently in Asia, where the virus had never previously been witnessed, yellow fever – a sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease – has once again become a global public health problem. After major outbreaks between the 17th and 19th centuries, it never disappeared and has continued to be rife...
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News | 2021.07.27
Official signing of the association agreement between the Institut Pasteur and Université de Paris
On July 22, 2021, the Institut Pasteur and Université de Paris signed an association agreement. The agreement was signed in the Salle des Actes at the Institut Pasteur, a place that is steeped in history. The two institutions have a shared scientific ambition to contribute to progress in human health.Signing of the association agreement in the Salle des Actes. Credit: Institut Pasteur/Thomas Lang...
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Report | 2017.05.15
Challenging the aging process
The quest for the fountain of youth is no longer a myth. Results in research laboratories – although still experimental – now suggest that there are real prospects of slowing the aging process and even rejuvenating certain types of tissue. The potential impact of these results is considerable, given current demographic trends: the proportion of over-60s in the world’s population is set to...
