A new vaccine against Ebola developed by the U.S. Army | IBSA Foundation
While more than 100 types of vaccines against Covid-19 are being studied around the world, the search for drugs that activate our immune defences against ...
#contagiousstories: Haïti’s Scouts launch a hand-washing campaign
In Haiti, the Scouts are used to facing difficulties and natural disasters. And they demonstrated this strength once again, by taking on an insidious and ...
WHO Health Evidence Network: Report 2019
Translation of the WHO World Health Organization 2019 report - "What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving well-being and health?
The reason why the virus that causes Covid-19 is so infectious
Why is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the Covid-19 illness, so efficient and, therefore, so infectious?
#contagiousstories: Christian makes hand sanitizer in Cameroon
26-year old Christian Achaleke, who works in an organization for economic development, asked one of his colleagues in logistics to buy hand sanitizer. However, ...
Discovery of the “mechanisms” of enigmatic giant viruses
A study conducted by Michigan University (USA) is shedding new light on giant viruses - enigmatic viruses that are huge compared to their well-known “relatives”
#contagiousstories: Ben, Jinny and Wilson secure masks for New York frontline healthcare workers
It all started on Tuesday, March 17, when Ben Wei, a student from New York, received this message from his friend, a doctor working at a Bronx hospital
Could a blood test detect Parkinson’s in advance?
Parkinson’s disease has an autoimmune origin, at least in part, and the signs of the onset of this disease could be found well in advance by looking for ...
#contagiousstories: Marietta offers to volunteer
Marietta Hochstrasser, 51 years old, changed her life and founded 4COMPETENCE, a company that distributes cardiac surgery products.
Culture and Health by Catterina Seia
Article by Catterina Seia on the Culture and Health Project carried out by IBSA Foundation with the culture department of the city of Lugano.
#contagiousstories: Captain Tom fights for the National Health Service
For his hundredth birthday (April 30, 2020), former captain of the British army, Tom Moore, desired a very special gift.
Covid-19, a task force at Harvard to accelerate vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the efforts of the international scientific community to gain a much deeper understanding of how the immune system works
#contagiousstories: Giulia returns to nursing
In the pool she is the last bastion of Setterosa against the attacks of the opposing team. Now, Giulia Viacava is involved in an even tougher match
Children also learn at home, but in a different way | IBSA Foundation
The child psychiatrist Paul Ramchandani has been tasked with conducting research at the University of Cambridge into the role of play in child development.
How humans facilitate virus spillover | IBSA Foundation
Is there a link between environmental change and virus spillover (i.e. the passage of viruses from animals to humans)?
Reducing salt strengthens the immune system
There is something we can all do to strengthen our immune defences: drastically reducing our salt intake, which in the West, on average, is double the amount ...
How robots are helping to treat coronavirus patients
The editorial of the journal Science Robotics is also dedicated to the potential of robots in the wards, especially during an emergency situation like the one ...
Homo sapiens have to learn from plants
In his book “The nation of plants”, the neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, head of the international Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology at the University of ...