Tag: Health and medicine
In Haiti, the situation is “truly alarming” according to Doctors Without Borders
Haiti is still awaiting the deployment of the first Kenyan police officers to try to restore security in the capital Port-au-Prince, ravaged by gangs. Their arrival is planned in “…
In the only support home in France, an end of life with dignity
Halfway between hospital and home, the support center in Cahuzac-sur-Vère, near Toulouse, is unique in its kind. It welcomes end-of-life or sick people whose condition is stable and does not…
lies and concealments denounced in the public inquiry
The conclusions of the report on the tainted blood scandal were damning for the authorities at the time. Judge Brian Langstaff, who chaired the inquest, believes that thousands of deaths…
50 years after the contaminated blood scandal, a public inquiry presents its report
This Monday, May 20, marks a major day for victims of tainted blood in the United Kingdom. Between the 1970s and 1980s, several thousand hemophiliacs and tens of thousands of…
Supporting the end of life: a bill under debate in France
French MPs are examining a bill on active assistance in dying. A project which goes too far for some, who fear the legalization of assisted dying, and not far enough…
the 2023 record for cases imported into mainland France already broken
Just over two months before the Olympic and Paralympic Games, mainland France has already broken the record for cases of dengue contamination. Every year, France experiences periods of peak cases…
environmentalists take on PFAS, the eternal pollutants
While themes concerning the environment are struggling to find their place in a very geopolitically oriented European campaign, environmentalists have decided to make themselves heard in an original way. This…
the promulgation of a law establishing universal health coverage is debated
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promulgated, on May 15, 2024, a law establishing universal health coverage (NHI) in one of the most unequal countries in the world. The signing of…
examinations of the Special Commission on End of Life begin
In France, the examination of the bill on the end of life begins this Monday, May 13. For a week, the Special Commission of deputies created to address the issue…
death of recipient of first genetically modified pig kidney transplant
In the United States, the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant died this Sunday, May 12. His doctors explain that it is difficult at this stage…