Jean-Yves Nau (28 May 1952 – 8 November 2020) was a French physician and scientific journalist.
Biography
Nau began his career as a schoolteacher before studying medicine and journalism. He began working for the newspaper ''
Le Monde'' in 1980. He worked there for nearly 30 years, occasionally writing in ''La Revue du practicien'', ''
Revue Médicale Suisse
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History
The journal was established in 2005 as the r ...
'', ''
La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest
''La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest'' (), commonly known as ''La Nouvelle République'' (''La NR''), is a French newspaper headquartered in Tours
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''. He moved to the
French language
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version of ''
Slate magazine'' as a columnist. He chaired the "journalism and public health" program at
EHESP. He also ran a blog on journalism and public health.
Jean-Yves Nau died on 8 November 2020, at the age of 68.
Publications
Books
*''Journal de la vache folle'' (2001)
*''Bioéthique, avis de tempêtes : Les nouveaux enjeux de la maîtrise du vivant'' (2003)
*''Les Maladies d'aujourd'hui. De la maladie d'Alzheimer au sida'' (2003)
*''Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha'' (2007)
*''Jean Bardet : faim de mots'' (2008)
*''H1 N1, journal d'une pandémie'' (2009)
Articles
*"La véritable expérience du Dr James Lind" (2012)
References
1952 births
2020 deaths
20th-century French physicians
French journalists
French public health doctors
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