🚨 Grosse épidémie de diphtérie au Sénégal 😷 13 régions touchées, un peu partout dans le pays; la + touchée= Dakar, mais aussi pop + importante (pas fait le calcul du taux d'incidence). 248 cas confirmés, 11 morts, létalité 4-5% (attendu, peut encore changer)

WHO questions Russia on reported second plague lab death Be very careful with this news and messages. There is no transparency or openess from Russia.

whatever antibiotic you'll invent, there's a good chance that in the zillions bacteria on Earth, one can resist it, at least a bit. If the mutation is, you use less antibiotics and you take precautions, then you can expect to use it longer. But I don't believe in the silver bullet.

I wish we could do that. The idea is good but it bumps into 2 major problems: 1.Resistance genes are only known once the antibiotic exists. There is no such software that can screen every possible molecule against every gene known. 2.Bacteria mutate and adapt quickly. To put it simply, [1/2]

But eventually, it's expected that some bacteria will become resistant, and the cycle starts again. It's an endless game, in which humans need to put enough effort to stay ahead of bacteria...

That's kind of part of the deal. ID specialists know that they will have to use new drugs cautiously to avoid selecting resistant ones. So, pharma companies have other financial returns on investment than just selling the drug, from international funders, for example.

Est-ce qu'on peut parier sur un article sur les thérapies antibactériennes contre les infections résistantes aux antibiotiques?

Un joli bacteriophage en 3D 🤗

🇫🇷 Le site d'investigation Mediapart a dénoncé la "violence sidérante" du RN et "les propos menaçants d'une grande gravité" de Marine Le Pen, en réaction à la publication d'une enquête accusant Jordan Bardella d'avoir tenu des propos antisémites ⤵️

And this one, from 1975:

Denmark is trolling Trump.

Au cas où certains doutent de l'utilité de la mobilisation citoyenne ⚘️✊️🕊

We scream into the void. We stare blankly into the abyss. We post into the ether

This is partly why “not cool mate” works Because men mistakenly believe their friends hold harmful beliefs about women, and act accordingly Men can correct that mistaken belief and change their friend’s behaviour

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I would do (more) scientific sleuthing! 🕵️‍♂️