Yves Sciama News Today

With the arrival of vaccines against COVID-19, journalists, communicators and the fact-checking community around the world have tried their best to cover the vaccination efforts and help the general public understand the current stage of the global pandemic that took hold one year ago. However, just as with the coronavirus last year, the vaccines have brought their own sets of challenges for reporters and editors needing to explain their development, efficacy, side effects, distribution and mor...

Last week I partook in a large open webinar on COVID-19 vaccination. It was organized for journalists from all over the world by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas in partnership with UNESCO and the World Health Organization and funding from the European Union. In many senses, it was an eye-opener. Some participating experts brought up their concerns about inefficient vaccine delivery in some countries like France, with tens of thousands of doses administered a day where potenti...

Mounting evidence suggests mink farms in China could be the cradle of Covid-19 Yann Faure et Yves Sciama (Reporterre) 14 janvier 2021 à 09h27, Mis à jour le 18 janvier 2021 à 09h07 Durée de lecture : 19 minutes  ? The «  missing link  » between bats and humans could well be the mink - though the raccoon dog is also suspected. This would explain why China — leading world producer of fur — appears so determined to tightly control scientific information. It seems increasingly plausi...