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March 29, 2021

Paris court convicts pharma firm Servier of manslaughter after diabetes drug was prescribed as diet pill

Servier was fined hundreds of millions of euros on Monday for its role in one of France’s biggest modern health scandals. The court found the company guilty of manslaughter and other charges for selling a diabetes drug blamed for hundreds of deaths.

March 26, 2021

French President Macron has no regrets for rejecting third virus lockdown

France’s president says he has no reason to be sorry about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, even though surging coronavirus infections are straining his country’s hospitals and more than 1,000 people with the virus are dying every week.

March 25, 2021

Astronomers capture new polarized view of a black hole

Scientists from the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration announced Wednesday that they had been able to map the magnetic fields around a black hole using polarized light waves for the first time, releasing a stunning image of the supermassive object at the center of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy.

March 24, 2021

Head of Paris ICU warns of 'infernal' month ahead for hospitals

The head of an intensive care unit at a Paris hospital said on Wednesday the next month would be "infernal" for French hospitals because of a recent spike in coronavirus cases.

March 20, 2021

Katherine Johnson: What to know about the 'Hidden Figures' NASA scientist

Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson of "Hidden Figures" fame was always at the front of the class. 

March 19, 2021

Germany, France resume AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations after blood clot reports

Germany, France and Italy were among the countries to resume AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations Friday shortly after UK and EU regulators concluded the jab was safe and effective amid reports of blood clotting in some vaccinated individuals.

March 19, 2021

Paris hit with third wave of COVID-19 infections, city locks down for a month

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday that Paris will be locked down for a month due to a surge in new coronavirus cases and has more patients in city hospitals than during the country’s second wave.

March 17, 2021

What is Garamond font?

The Garamond font has been around for centuries.

March 17, 2021

What the Perseverance Mars rover has accomplished so far

It has been almost a month since the Perseverance Mars rover successfully landed on the red planet to the cheers of scientists and onlookers millions of miles away.

March 15, 2021

Marie Curie: What to know about the first woman to win Nobel Prize

Curie continued to break barriers after death when she was nominated to be the first woman enshrined in the Panthéon in Paris.