HIV controllers who stopped treatment maintained low viral loads, but almost all resumed treatment eventually The majority of people with HIV who control the virus without treatment appear likely to maintain that state for many years, follow-up of a French cohort of ‘HIV controllers’ shows. The study of 302 people found that only 30% needed… Read More »
They’re at the merci of the neighborhood. Two French expats are fighting to rename a Nolita block “Little Paris Street” ahead of Bastille Day on July 14. Cousins Marianne and Léa Perret, who founded Coucou — a cultural center that offers French classes and workshops and hosts parties for Francophiles — are petitioning to get… Read More »
That’s how Dr. Olivier Joannes-Boyau, head of the intensive care unit at University Hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, describes the resurgence of Covid-19 in France. After young French people took advantage of the lifting of lockdown and summer months to socialize freely, Covid-19 hospitalizations have risen in large cities like Paris, Bordeaux and… Read More »
With plans to take its consumer healthcare joint venture with Pfizer public in the next few years, GlaxoSmithKline has been in Marie Kondo mode for some of its expansive global assets. After cutting a Canadian plant with 400 workers earlier this year, GSK is now hiving off an even bigger facility in Poland. GSK has sold… Read More »
French hospital interns are holding an exceptional, open-ended strike to demand a better future By DANIEL COLE Associated Press December 24, 2019, 1:08 PM 3 min read MARSEILLE, France — Nestled in the cinderblock complex of Marseille’s sprawling La Timone hospital stands the intern residency building, home to a community of French student doctors holding… Read More »
Scientists from the University of Bristol examined the case of a young patient whose extremely picky eating led to blindness, and have warned of the dangers of a poor diet. The unidentified patient told doctors he had only eaten fries from the fish and chip shop, Pringles potato chips, white bread, slices of processed ham… Read More »