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Prof. Sébastien Gagneux, head of the Tuberculosis Research Unit, has been awarded with an European Research Council (ERC) 2012 "Starting Grant".

Gagneux will receive 1.5 million EUR for a project entitled “Compensatory Evolution and Epistasis in Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis”. The ERC's mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe...more

Smoke-free workplaces improve the health of hospitality workers

The smoking ban in public places that was implemented in Switzerland in May 2010 improved the health of hospitality workers. This is the conclusion of a recent study from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute that will...more

Swiss TPH clearly supports the Initiative "Schutz vor Passivrauchen", launched by the Swiss Lung Association

In contrast to countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Ireland and many others, the Swiss federal law (implemented in May 2010) does still not protect all workers from second hand smoke exposure. The law has an exemption for the...more

News from the SAPALDIA Study: Long-term exposure to traffic-related PM10 and decreased heart rate variability: an association potentially restricted to subjects taking ACE inhibitors

There is consistent epidemiological evidence of an effect of traffic-related exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Associations with mortality have shown to be much stronger...more

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