Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms have removed a viral documentary-style video titled “Plandemic” that promoted conspiracy theories about coronavirus.

The 26-minute video, which was framed as part of a longer documentary on the coronavirus pandemic, promoted several false claims, including that wearing a face mask makes it easier to get the virus, and that shelter-in-place orders hurt the immune system.

It also claimed without evidence that the coronavirus was invented in a laboratory in order to promote vaccinations.  Judy Mikovits, an anti-vaccination activist, makes many of the claims in the video.

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The video received more than 1 million videos on multiple platforms before it was removed, according to reports. It went viral on Thursday and was shared by users with large follower counts, including NFL players and Instagram influencers, according to NBC.

“Suggesting that wearing a mask can make you sick could lead to imminent harm, so we’re removing the video,” Facebook told Reuters.

YouTube told CNBC the video was removed for making claims about a cure for COVID-19 that is not backed by health officials.

Vimeo told The Washington Post the company “stands firm in keeping our platform safe from content that spreads harmful and misleading health information. The video in question has been removed … for violating these very policies.”

Twitter also blocked the hashtags #PlagueofCorruption and #PlandemicMovie from trends and search and labeled the URL to the video as “unsafe,” according to CNBC.

Sens. Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsSusan Collins says she will vote for Trump’s intelligence chief nominee Bipartisan senators call for Treasury to help struggling bus industry Ratcliffe vows to deliver unvarnished intelligence MORE (R-Maine) and Jack ReedJohn (Jack) Francis ReedBipartisan senators call for Treasury to help struggling bus industry Coronavirus drives record number of complaints to consumer bureau Overnight Defense: Navy head orders ‘deeper review’ into Roosevelt’s coronavirus outbreak | Armed Services chairman opposes defense industry cash in next coronavirus bill | More satellite imagery suggests Kim Jong Un’s whereabouts MORE (D-R.I.), the chairwoman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on transportation, respectively, are calling for specific assistance for the bus and motorcoach industry that is unable to operate during the coronavirus pandemic.

The senators said in a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinTrump ally named next postmaster general On The Money: House hits gas, Senate pumps brakes on T more in relief | Battle brewing over how to get more relief money to Americans | Private sector lost 20.2 million jobs in April: ADP 13 things to know about coronavirus for today MORE on Wednesday that the $454 billion lending programs that Congress allotted to Treasury in the coronavirus relief package does not recognize the unique challenge of the industry.

The industry requires a high level of capital investment to maintain vehicle fleets and typically earns half its annual revenue from March through June, according to the senators.

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“Schools, colleges, summer camps and tourists are among the previously reliable customer groups that have completely disappeared since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the senators wrote. “We must ensure that the motorcoach industry is still there for our communities when this pandemic has passed.”

“This important industry faces a long road to recovery and requires immediate assistance that is flexible and meets both its short- and long-term needs,” they added.

The senators urged Mnuchin to provide specific technical assistance and guidance to the industry, which employs 3,000 bus operators and has a fleet of 36,000 buses. 

“These motorcoaches typically provide invaluable services for the people of Maine and Rhode Island – from employees commuting to work to visitors enjoying our states’ beauty, and from students on field trips to college sports teams en route to competition,” the senators wrote.

“These businesses also provide a direct link between our rural areas and more urban centers, and serve as critical connections to other modes of travel, including air and rail.”

The Food and Drug Administration has given diagnostic health care manufacturer Quidel Corp. emergency-use authorization for its COVID-19 antigen test, the first of its kind.

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 antigen test, a new category of tests for use in the ongoing pandemic,” the agency said in a statement Saturday.

“These diagnostic tests quickly detect fragments of proteins found on or within the virus by testing samples collected from the nasal cavity using swabs,” it added.

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Health experts and lawmakers have said widespread testing is key to safely reopening the country but warn that current testing falls short.

The administration has touted its efforts to quickly expand testing in the country, while experts have recommended the U.S. do at least 4 million tests per week, The Wall Street Journal noted.

Antigen testing could play an important part in increasing testing capacity, the FDA said.

Currently, there are two types of tests in wide use for COVID-19: polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and antibody tests.

PCR tests are used to diagnose active cases of the disease and are highly accurate but can take longer to show results. Antibody tests, meanwhile, work to see if someone’s body has created antibodies to combat the virus, though health experts warn that antibodies don’t necessarily mean that someone is immune to COVID-19.

Antigen tests don’t work in the same way PCR tests do but can similarly detect if a person is currently sick with COVID-19.

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“One of the main advantages of an antigen test is the speed of the test, which can provide results in minutes,” the FDA said. “Positive results from antigen tests are highly accurate, but there is a higher chance of false negatives, so negative results do not rule out infection.”

In addition to being faster than PCR tests, antigen tests are also cheaper and easier to mass-produce because of their simplistic design, the agency said.

“Antigen tests are also important in the overall response against COVID-19 as they can generally be produced at a lower cost than PCR tests and once multiple manufacturers enter the market, can potentially scale to test millions of Americans per day due to their simpler design, helping our country better identify infection rates closer to real time,” the FDA explained.

The Journal reported that Quidel has put roughly 36,000 test-analyzer instruments in hospital labs, emergency rooms and doctors’ offices across the country.

“We are ramping up manufacturing to go from 200,000 tests next week [week of May 11] to more than a million a week within several weeks,” Douglas Bryant, Quidel’s CEO, told the newspaper.

Senate Republicans are pouring cold water on including another round of stimulus checks in the next coronavirus relief bill.

The record $2.2 trillion pandemic bill signed into law March 27 mandated one-time payments of $1,200 for people making up to $75,000 a year, but most of the checks have already been distributed.

The White House and Democrats are signaling support for doing at least one more round of checks. GOP senators, however, say they aren’t sold yet on the need for a second round, and several said they are strongly opposed to the idea.

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“Well people in hell want ice water too,” said Sen. John KennedyJohn Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.), asked about another round of checks. “I mean, everybody has an idea and a bill, usually to spend more money. It’s like a Labor Day mattress sale around here.”

Sen. Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonGardner pitches changes, expanded eligibility to coronavirus small business aid READ: Obama office’s letter on Republicans’ Biden investigation Obama’s office ripped Republicans’ investigation into Bidens in private letter MORE (R-Wis.) said he’s also not in favor of additional payments.

“I wasn’t a real big supporter of that in the first round,” he said. “This isn’t your classic recession.”

Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Chef José Andrés says most political leaders today are not acting with urgency; Dems crafting ‘Rooseveltian’ relief package Graham, Feinstein offer bill to move Secret Service back to Treasury Democrats introduce legislation to protect children from online exploitation MORE (R-S.C.), during a recent virtual town hall, indicated he didn’t want another round of checks, suggesting the focus should instead be on reopening the economy.

“The real stimulus that’s going to change the trajectory that we’re on is going to be the economy, not government checks,” Graham said. “So I doubt there will be another payment.”

The reluctance comes after Senate Republicans punted on the Trump administration’s request for two rounds of direct assistance as part of the March legislation.

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The White House, as part of its negotiations with congressional leaders, requested $500 billion for two rounds of direct checks; instead Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act with $250 billion for one round.

Republicans said at the time they wanted to wait and see if a second round would be necessary. Just including the checks was a point of contention among Republicans. Some indicated they didn’t support them, but that there was too much bipartisan backing to strip them out of the bill.

It’s unclear when the Senate will start negotiations on the next bill now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDon’t hold Puerto Rico hostage: Pass the Earthquake Supplemental OVENIGHT DEFENSE: Navy secretary nominee: Service in ‘rough waters’ after ‘failure of leadership’| Senate fails to override Trump’s Iran war powers veto| Top Armed Services Republican expects to address Pentagon border wall funds in defense policy bill On The Money: 3.2 million more Americans file new jobless claims | Schumer, Pelosi set to unveil ‘Rooseveltian’ relief package | Pelosi pushes back on Trump’s call for capital gains tax cuts MORE (R-Ky.) has called for a “pause” to see what aspects of the $2.8 trillion already appropriated by Congress is working, and what isn’t.

Lawmakers are also keeping a careful eye on the economy as some states begin lifting stay-at-home orders.

“We’re at a point where it’s going to be a discussion point. Because in Wyoming, we’re opening again, many communities are. It’s just a matter of how long it takes to really get the economy open again. If it takes too long, then we’re likely to have to do that,” said Sen. John BarrassoJohn Anthony BarrassoBipartisan group of senators asks Treasury, SBA to loosen coronavirus loan restrictions This week: Senate returns amid coronavirus pandemic Obstacles mount for deal on next coronavirus bill MORE (R-Wyo.).

Sen. John CornynJohn CornynDemocrats spar with controversial Trump court pick over ObamaCare, Kavanaugh Bipartisan group of senators asks Treasury, SBA to loosen coronavirus loan restrictions Battle over Trump court pick fuels Senate tensions MORE (R-Texas) added that while the two-round approach was discussed during the initial negotiations, Senate Republicans held off because they wanted time to assess.

“I think we’re still in that assessment,” he said.

But Trump and White House officials have indicated they’re still interested in providing another round of checks in the next bill.

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told reporters late last month that administration officials were studying the need for more stimulus checks as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the economy.

“I think that’s something that we are studying very carefully, that I know that people in the House are as well,” Hassett told reporters at the White House.

Trump also said last month that he was weighing a second round of relief checks, telling reporters at a news conference it was “absolutely under serious consideration.”

Under the CARES Act, a person making up to $75,000 a year received a $1,200 payment, while couples making up to $150,000 received $2,400. After that it was scaled down until reaching a ceiling of $99,000 a year for an individual or $198,000 a year for couples, at which point it phased out altogether. An additional $500 was provided per dependent child.

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“I’m not sure they’re off the table, but I think we need to have a better sense of, one, what good they did and, two, whether they’d have the same impact in the summer months, as they had in April and May,” Sen. Roy BluntRoy Dean BluntHillicon Valley: Digital contact tracing faces roadblocks | NY AG, Zoom reach deal | Uber, Lyft hit hard by pandemic GOP senator blocks more flexibility for state and local governments amid coronavirus Senate panel advances Trump FEC nominee in party-line vote MORE (R-Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, told reporters.

Democrats have argued that the one-time payments are not enough to provide financial stability to people throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and have pitched various other proposals.

Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersHillicon Valley: Digital contact tracing faces roadblocks | NY AG, Zoom reach deal | Uber, Lyft hit hard by pandemic Democratic senators question Amazon over firings of activist workers Nina Turner on Arbery: Jogging while black, breathing while black, is suspect MORE (I-Vt.), for example, is calling for $2,000 monthly payments for the duration of the public health emergency. In a caucus call this week, Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOn The Money: 3.2 million more Americans file new jobless claims | Schumer, Pelosi set to unveil ‘Rooseveltian’ relief package | Pelosi pushes back on Trump’s call for capital gains tax cuts Pelosi slams move to drop Flynn case: ‘Barr’s politicization of justice knows no bounds’ Overnight Health Care: Schumer, Pelosi set to unveil ‘Rooseveltian’ relief package | GOP chairman says nation needs ‘millions’ more tests to safely reopen | Harvard study says only nine states ready to reopen safely MORE (D-Calif.) and other lawmakers voiced support for the next package to include $2,000 in recurring monthly payments for Americans.

“That money reaches people that aren’t reached with workers unemployment insurance, and small business loans, so I would be open to that,” said Sen. Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinImmigration proposal for pandemic doctors does not require them to treat COVID-19 patients Durbin: ‘I do feel safe’ at the Capitol Five factors to watch in the meat supply chain crisis MORE (D-Ill.), asked about a second round of stimulus checks.

But the idea of doing a second large package has run into a buzzsaw in the GOP-controlled Senate, where many Republicans are raising concerns about the impact the nearly $3 trillion already spent is having on the long-term fiscal stability of the country.

Sen. Mike BraunMichael BraunSenate steps into ‘strange’ new era Senate Republican calls on Trump to expand executive order to include produce processing White House uses Arbor Day to renew push for 1 trillion trees initiative MORE (R-Ind.), when asked about additional stimulus checks, said he was not ready to support that kind of legislation. 

“I’m probably not going to be interested in doing anything for a while,” Braun said. “Whether it’s the payroll tax cut, a round of stimulus checks, I’m thinking $3 trillion has been a pretty good wallop. We need to see how that’s working before, you know, I’m going to be interested in doing anything else.”

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Other GOP senators warned that it was premature to talk about a second round of stimulus checks but didn’t close the door altogether.

Sen. Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP lawmakers press Trump to suspend visas over coronavirus job losses Hillicon Valley: Uber to lay off thousands of employees | Facebook content moderation board announces members | Lawmakers introduce bill to cut down online child exploitation Senate votes to confirm Trump counterintelligence chief MORE (R-Iowa), who spearheaded the provision in the March bill that included the stimulus checks, said the “door is left open” but that senators need more information.

“With so many billions of dollars not being spent, I think we need to wait a couple of weeks before we even make that determination,” Grassley said.

Sen. John ThuneJohn Randolph ThuneMcConnell urges Senate to reject changes to House-passed surveillance bill McConnell under mounting GOP pressure to boost state aid Senate expected to approve House-passed surveillance powers bill next week MORE (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican senator, added, “I think it’s maybe a little too early to tell. …I think it’s part of the discussion.”

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a request for an investigation into the retirement of an appeals court judge that created a coveted vacancy for President TrumpDonald John TrumpGeorge Conway pens op-ed predicting Trump will lose Supreme Court case over tax disclosures Top intel official leaving post Eleven Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report MORE to fill months before the 2020 election.

The chief judge for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had asked Roberts to assign another court to conduct a judicial misconduct inquiry into Judge Thomas B. Griffith’s retirement after a progressive group submitted a complaint.

However, Roberts “has determined that a transfer of the matter is not appropriate at this juncture of the proceeding” because the complaint did not provide probable cause for an inquiry, Jeffrey Minear, a counselor for Roberts, wrote in a letter on Friday.

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The progressive group Demand Justice had asked D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan for the investigation following Griffith’s retirement announcement and a story in The New York Times that reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellWhite House adviser says new COVID stimulus talks on pause Roberts rejects request for inquiry into appellate judge’s retirement Trump says he’d help Biden get access to rapid COVID-19 tests MORE (R-Ky.) was urging veteran conservative judges to retire this year so that Trump could replace them with ideological allies before the election.

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“John Roberts is officially covering up Mitch McConnell’s court-packing project. The highly respected chief judge of the nation’s second-highest court thought this matter should be referred for further investigation, and now Roberts is ignoring that recommendation and blocking any further look into McConnell’s campaign to pressure federal judges to retire,” Brian Fallon, Demand Justice’s executive director, said in a statement Friday. “After bragging about those efforts as recently as two months ago, McConnell ducked every question this week about what conversations he had. Judge Srinivasan was right to forward this matter along, and Roberts’ decision to turn a blind eye to McConnell’s conduct shows how deeply politicized the courts have become.”

Trump last month nominated Justin Walker, a 38-year-old McConnell protégé who has served as a federal judge in Kentucky for the past six months, to fill Griffith’s seat.

Walker told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a questionnaire that he met with McConnell and Trump in the months before Griffith’s retirement announcement in March.

The D.C. Circuit is considered the second most important court in the country because of its jurisdiction over many government agencies and is something of a proving ground for potential Supreme Court nominees. 

Updated: 5:30 p.m.

Taylor Gourmet, a DC-based hoagie chain, will close all of its stores after the weekend and is expected to declare bankruptcy. There are 17 locations in DC, Maryland and Virginia.

A spokesperson confirmed the DC area closures after Sunday, Sept. 23 to Washingtonian. Taylor Gourmet’s two remaining locations in Chicago close Friday, Sept. 21.

Owner Casey Patten told the Washington Business Journal last week that a few locations could close to focus on smaller-format stores. He cited the changing fast-casual dining industry and competition increasing real estate costs.

But sources also told Washingtonian sales began to suffer when Patten took part in a small business roundtable with President Trump last January. He had been in a similar roundtable with former President Obama in 2012.

Washingtonian has the full story.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — A bug in Google+ could’ve exposed private data of up to 500,000 users, according to the Silicon Valley tech giant, and now Google is shutting down the failed product for consumers. Google announced Monday that it had conducted a “root-and-branch” review of third-party developer access at the beginning of this year. The bug was found in one of the Google+ People APIs, the company said in a statement.

Users can grant access to their profile data — as well as the public profile information of their friends — to Google+ apps via the API. But the bug meant apps could also access profile data what was shared with the user that hadn’t been marked public. The data is limited to static, optional Google+ profile fields, such as name, email address, job, gender and age.

“It does not include any other data you may have posted or connected to Google+ or any other service, like Google+ posts, messages, Google account data, phone numbers or G Suite content,” the statement said.

Google said it uncovered the bug and patched it in March. The company believes it happened after launch as a result of the API’s interaction with a subsequent Google+ code change.

Furthermore, the company, based in Mountain View, California, said it doesn’t know exactly how many users were affected by the bug because it only retains the API’s data log for two weeks. A subsequent analysis showed that up to half a million Google+ accounts were potentially affected, Google said, and 438 applications could have used the API.

But Google stressed there was no evidence that any developer knew of the bug or was abusing the API. The company also found no evidence that any profile data was misused.

“Every year, we send millions of notifications to users about privacy and security bugs and issues. Whenever user data may have been affected, we go beyond our legal requirements and apply several criteria focused on our users in determining whether to provide notice,” wrote Ben Smith, Google fellow and vice president of engineering.

Furthermore, the review found that Google+ — a product meant to compete directly with Facebook — simply gobbles up too many resources to justify its continuation. As such, Google has decided to sunset the product, with a wind-down scheduled over 10 months.

“This review crystallized what we’ve known for a while: that while our engineering teams have put a lot of effort and dedication into building Google+ over the years, it has not achieved broad consumer or developer adoption, and has seen limited user interaction with apps,” wrote Smith. He stressed that the consumer version of Google+ has low usage and engagement — 90 percent of user sessions last less than five seconds.

However, the company is keeping an enterprise version for businesses. Enterprise customers have found “great value” in using Google+ within their companies, Google said, and the review showed it’s better suited as an enterprise product where colleagues can talk internally on a secure corporate social network.

These customers will be able to establish common access rules and use central controls for the entire organization.

“We’ve decided to focus on our enterprise efforts and will be launching new features purpose-built for businesses,” the company said. Google will unveil more details in the coming days.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Google waited to disclose the breach out of concerns it would attract the attention of regulators and could result in comparisons to Facebook’s leak of user data to Cambridge Analytica.

Google+ launched in 2011 and highlighted its focus on privacy. It included tools that allowed users to decide what content they wanted to share with their contacts, according to Variety. The review showed that people want “fine-grained controls” over the data they share with apps, Google said. As such, the company plans to give Google Accounts more granular permissions that will show in individual dialogue boxes.

“Instead of seeing all requested permissions in a single screen, apps will have to show you each requested permission, one at a time, within its own dialog box,” Google said. For example, if a developer requests access to both calendar entries and Drive documents, users could choose one but not the other.

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“Les toutes dernières données semblent indiquer que l’épidémie se stabilise. Nous sommes, sans doute, proches du premier pic“, indiquait hier Roselyne Bachelot. En effet, le réseau des groupes régionaux d’observation de la grippe (Grog) a signalé 722 000 consultations pour grippe A la semaine dernière, contre 851 000 la semaine précédente. Selon le Grog, “la crête de la première vague épidémique est franchie“. 

Néanmoins, comme nous pouvons l’observer sur la carte ci-dessus, la circulation du virus reste élevée. L’Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS) fait d’ailleurs référence à un “plateau épidémique“. Le virus de la grippe H1N1 représente toujours la quasi-totalité des virus grippaux isolés dans les prélèvements. Le pic serait donc bien franchi, mais l’activité ne diminue pas, elle reste stable. L’évolution de la situation est plutôt difficile à prédire. “Les facteurs de l’épidémie sont très complexes, il est possible que l’on observe une diminution par paliers, avec des remontées“, précise Françoise Weber, directrice de l’InVS. De plus, des effets contradictoires vont entrer en jeu dans les semaines à venir. Les fermetures d’écoles pendant les vacances auront un effet “modérateur“ sur l’épidémie, tandis que la première vague de froid va accélérer la circulation et le développement du virus. Selon la directrice de l’InVS, “le nombre de cas graves et de décès est malheureusement toujours en augmentation“. Ainsi, le dernier bilan fait état de 41 nouvelles hospitalisations, soit 804 au total depuis le début de l’épidémie. Par ailleurs, au total, 150 personnes sont décédées des suites, directes ou non, de la grippe A en France métropolitaine. Parmi ces victimes, 25 ne présentaient aucun facteur de risque, dont 4 qui étaient des enfants de moins de 15 ans. Depuis le début le mois d’août, le réseau Grog estime que 5,3 millions de Français ont contracté la grippe H1N1. Sarah LaînéSource :Sentiweb, Bulletin Grog, Bulletin de l’INVS – 16 décembre 2009Click Here: All Blacks Rugby Jersey

Le débat sur une éventuelle dangerosité des ondes électromagnétiques sur le cerveau est toujours en cours, sans qu’il soit pour le moment possible de trancher. Une nouvelle étude, rendue publique hier, détonne par ses résultats positifs : ces ondes seraient en effet peut-être capables de prévenir et de faire régresser la maladie d’Alzheimer.

Les résultats de l’étude menée sur une centaine de souris par des neurologues américains de l’université de Floride ont été révélés le 6 janvier dans le Journal of Alzheimer’s disease. Quotidiennement, l’équipe a exposé pendant une ou deux heures des rongeurs, sains et génétiquement modifiés pour développer une dégénérescence neuronale (“souris “Alzheimer“), à des ondes comparables à celles émises par un téléphone portable. Les souris ne portaient pas de casque bluetooth ni de téléphone portable scotché à leurs oreilles : leurs cages ont été organisées autour d’une antenne centrale générant le signal de téléphone cellulaire (cf. photo ci-dessus).Les résultats sont étonnants. L’exposition répétée aux ondes a fait disparaître les dépôts de peptide bêta-amyloïde du cerveau des souris “Alzheimer“, dépôts caractéristiques de la dégénérescence des neurones retrouvée dans la maladie d’Alzheimer. Leurs troubles de la mémoire ont disparu, tandis que les souris “normales“ ont vu leur mémoire s’améliorer.
Des mois ont cependant été nécessaires pour noter les premiers effets sur la mémoire des souris (cela pourrait donc prendre des années chez l’homme…). L’exposition des rongeurs à de nouvelles fréquences est cependant actuellement en cours, afin de déterminer la fréquence et l’intensité adéquate pour faire régresser les dépôts plus rapidement et plus intensément.
Une découverte qui, si elle est confirmée bien sûr, ouvre des perspectives intéressantes, la maladie d’Alzheimer touchant des millions de personnes dans le monde, même si les dépôts beta-amyloïdes ne sont malheureusement pas les seules lésions émaillant l’évolution de cette pathologie. Par ailleurs, Gary Arendash, principal auteur de l’étude, souligne que ces dépôts sont également retrouvés en cas de lésions cérébrales traumatiques, qui pourraient également bénéficier d’une telle exposition. Emmanuelle Vieillard et Jean-Philippe RivièreSource : “Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease“, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 6 janvier 2010,

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Pour sensibiliser le grand public au rhumatisme de l’enfant, aussi appelé arthrite juvénile idiopathique, la fondation Arthritis s’engage dans une campagne d’affichage dès le 1er février prochain dans différentes villes de Province et d’Ile-de-France. Cette maladie méconnue touche 2 000 à 4 000 enfants dans notre pays. 

Des articulations gonflées, des boiteries… Certains enfants sont frappés de rhumatismes très douloureux. Face à ces terribles injustices, la Fondation Arthritis initie une campagne pour faire connaître ces maladies et collecter des fonds pour améliorer les traitements. Visible dans plusieurs villes de Province et d’Ile-de-France, l’affiche met en scène Victor âgé de 6 ans avec une question : “Pourquoi Victor souffre-t-il de rhumatismes et pas sa grand-mère ?“. Victor est atteint depuis l’âge de 3 ans de rhumatisme grave. En plus de sévères douleurs, cette pathologie a ralenti sa croissance. Reconnue d’utilité publique depuis 2006, la fondation Arthritis a financé plus de vingt projets à travers toute la France pour une somme totale de 400 000 euros. A travers cette campagne, elle veut sensibiliser et informer le grand public sur une maladie méconnue :

l’arthrite juvénile idiopathique. Ce rhumatisme de l’enfant regroupe un ensemble de maladies articulaires inflammatoires sans cause reconnue, débutant avant l’âge de 16 ans. Elle entraîne des handicaps dans 20 à 30 % des cas. La pratique d’activités sportives en milieu scolaire est souvent très limitée chez ces enfants. Aujourd’hui, s’il est possible de vivre avec ces pathologies, aucune d’entre elles ne peut être guérie. La recherche a besoin de vos dons. Ioanna Schimizzi Source : Communiqué de la fondation Arthritis – janvier 2010Click Here: Putters