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Journées du Patrimoine 2024 at the Académie nationale de médecine in Paris: free guided tours

The Académie nationale de médecine is opening its doors for the Journées du Patrimoine 2024, on Saturday September 21. During a free guided tour, you can learn more about the history and mission of the Academy, while admiring the beauty of its Art Nouveau building!

Covid: are nasopharyngeal swab tests dangerous?

The Académie nationale de Médicine – or National Academy of Medicine – alerts on the potential danger of nasopharyngeal swab tests. These tests could cause “a breach in the anterior skull base associated with a risk of meningitis.

Covid: does vitamin D protects from the disease?

As England is about to give vitamin D to over 2 million British due to the Covid-19 crisis, vitamin D as more and more scientists interested. Effective against some respiratory diseases, is it also against coronavirus? Could vitamin D help recover from the virus and halt contamination risks? Different studies are being carried out in the world.