“Who should be vaccinated and how”? This is the question that the Covid-19 Vaccine Committee and the Scientific Committee of France have been debating since the race for an antiviral treatment began in July. While the preliminary research results are encouraging, experts in France are
The very mild weather last winter, the lack of human presence in the green spaces during the lockdown, and the high temperatures of the summer explain the current increase in the number of wasps. 2020 is the year of the coronavirus… but also of the
Launched in early June, the StopCovid France app has been downloaded 2.3 million times, according to the Health General Directorate (DGS) on Wednesday 19 August. However, only 72 alerts have been sent since then. The app has not been as successful as expected StopCovid is
Despite the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, the Minister of National Education has swept aside any postponement of the start of the new school year, scheduled for Tuesday, September 1. The mask will be made compulsory for middle and high school students. With
The study on animal welfare was carried out by the IFOP institute for the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, coinciding with the citizens’ initiative on the “referendum for animals”. A sign of the growing concern of the French people for animal welfare. The campaign to hold a
The Tour de France director, Christian Prudhomme, announced that the “podium-girls” will no longer hand over the jerseys at the end of each stage. The tradition was considered sexist by women’s rights advocates. For decades, women have been handing out different jerseys at the end
Families are seeing their average budget for the new school year 2020 in France jump by 6.2% compared to last year, according to a study by The Confederation Union of Families (Confédération syndicale des familles – CSF) released on Tuesday, August 18. This is an
According to a new survey by the IFOP institute, French people are much more worried about the health risk linked to the Covid-19 epidemic than about the economic threat caused by the spread of the virus. On August 16, a new poll by the IFOP
The cost of living for French students is increasing by 3.69 percent this year, according to figures released by the UNEF union. Housing prices, the main spending element, are rising sharply. Students are also suffering from a drop in their income because of the health
As in the first three months of the year, the unemployment rate in France fell in the second quarter. But the “lockdown effect” had a lot to do with it. This is good news, but it is news that might be interpreted with caution, according