The upcoming NCOH webinar is scheduled for 01 October with the topic: COVID-19 – immunity; what do we know, what are the main outstanding questions? The Executive Board of NCOH would like to invite you to the third NOCH webinar. Time & Date: 1 October, 15:00 – 16:00 h You can follow the webinar by…

Aerosols are hot. What makes these tiny droplets so complex? Registration is closed. Airborne transmission is defined as the spread of an infectious agent through the dissemination of droplet nuclei (aerosols) that remain infectious while suspended in the air. They can spread over large distances and may remain infectious for extended periods of time. Scientists…

First NCOH webinar on World Zoonoses Day, 6 July The first webinar in this series will be about the current research regarding COVID-19 on mink farms. This spring, SARS-CoV-2 has infected Dutch mink farms that raise the animals for fur. The mink SARS-CoV2-outbreaks are a zoonotic spillover from the human SARS-CoV2 outbreak. It offers Dutch…

The exhibition at the National Museum Boerhaave in Leiden deals with outbreaks of infectious diseases and how they can disrupt life. The exhibition also ties in with the recent coronavirus outbreak and the public debate on vaccination coverage. Infected! shows an intriguing balance between health and real risk and between social exclusion and empathy. How…

The exhibition ‘Vaccinating Yes!/No?’ at the Museum Het Natuurhistorisch in Rotterdam deals with common topics in the vaccination debate and injects everyone with scientifically substantiated, factual information in order to make an informed choice. Visitors choose ‘yes – fine’ or ‘no – rather not’ and, regardless of the choice, see what vaccination is all about:…

Het jaarlijkse symposium van het Kennisplatform Veehouderij en humane gezondheid is dit jaar in de vorm van een webinar gegoten. Een interessante middag over een actueel onderwerp met aandacht voor relevante invalshoeken en nieuwe inzichten op het gebied van veehouderij, luchtkwaliteit en gezondheid. Boeiende sprekers en muzikale noten kenmerken het programma. Vragen kunnen gesteld worden…

KNAW Webinar Corona: from droplets to pandemic – How we can determine the spread of COVID-19 The world is desperately looking for a means of how to halt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, three aspects of the spread are addressed by world-leading experts on the subject: the ejection and outcome of…

Het coronavirus heeft de wereld al bijna een half jaar in zijn greep. In Nederland zetten we na een intelligente lockdown nu de eerste stappen naar een intelligente exit. Een belangrijk moment dat opnieuw de nodige onzekerheden met zich meebrengt. De KNAW grijpt dit moment aan om de meest recente stand van zaken over het…