True or false: are Sciensano’s figures polluted by patients who are not sick with covid?

True or false: are Sciensano’s figures polluted by patients who are not sick with covid?

Rather true. While hospital admissions only list patients suffering from covid, the total number of occupied beds in the covid units of Belgian hospitals includes some patients positive for the virus, but admitted for another reason. A phenomenon that Sciensano cannot quantify, but which is not anecdotal given the strong circulation of omicron at the … Read more

Insurers want to access certain health data without consent

Insurers want to access certain health data without consent

A draft bill, carried by Pierre-Yves Dermagne, would grant insurance companies a “mission of public interest” to give them access to health data. A taboo for some. A question of efficiency for others. Legal swamp in sight. Article reserved for subscribers Head of the Multimedia department By Philippe Laloux Published on 01/21/2022 at 11:12 Reading … Read more

Vaccination obligation: the health commission struggles to agree on the experts to audition

Vaccination obligation: the health commission struggles to agree on the experts to audition

First debate on the vaccination obligation in the federal Parliament in a sluggish climate. Sixteen experts have been appointed pending a final list on Wednesday. Article reserved for subscribers Political journalist By Stephane Vande Velde Published on 01/18/2022 at 18:28 Reading time: 4 mins Lhe debate around the vaccination obligation, sent back to the Federal … Read more

Education and social cohesion, remedies for a society in search of meaning

Education and social cohesion, remedies for a society in search of meaning

To face the challenges of the moment, society needs social cohesion. However, this cannot be decreed; it is closely linked to the level of equity observed in education. Article reserved for subscribers Head of the Company Department Par Eric Burgraff Published on 1/9/2022 3:53 PM Reading time: 6 min SA feeling of social downgrading, disaffiliation … Read more

Red devils, Van Aert, Thiam…: Belgium is counting on them for an exceptional year 2022

Red devils, Van Aert, Thiam…: Belgium is counting on them for an exceptional year 2022

2021 was a great vintage for black-yellow-red sport. The whole country now hopes that our athletes will continue their momentum – or do even better for some – with the culmination of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year. Article reserved for subscribers By the editorial staff Published on 12/30/2021 … Read more

Jackson Tchatchoua: “Today, young people are in the right conditions to succeed”

Jackson Tchatchoua: “Today, young people are in the right conditions to succeed”

At 20, Jackson Tchatchoua succeeds where so many others have failed before him: to find a place in the eleven carolo by being from the training center. Humble and hardworking, the player has always believed in his chances despite a sometimes difficult context. Interview. Article reserved for subscribers By Maxime Stévenne Published on 12/26/2021 6:22 … Read more

In Atlanta, the “Buckxit” would set a dangerous precedent for all of the United States

In Atlanta, the “Buckxit” would set a dangerous precedent for all of the United States

Buckhead is the neighborhood where Atlanta’s wealthiest citizens live. Its inhabitants, mostly white, are now demanding its secession from the metropolis in the south of the country. But the problem goes far beyond purely racist motives. With LéNA, discover the best of European journalism. Article reserved for subscribers Par Stefan Beutelsbacher (The World) Published on … Read more