Tag: Health and medicine
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…
Mayotte: a child dies of cholera, “a perfectly preventable disease”
The cholera epidemic in Mayotte caused the first death, a 3-year-old child. As of May 6, 58 cases had been identified on the island. The first cases were recorded in…
Growing concern in Mayotte, where a 3-year-old child died of cholera
The French Minister of Health is visiting Mayotte between Thursday and Friday. Frédéric Valletoux’s trip comes as the number of confirmed cases of cholera continues to increase in the poorest…
large format family life
In Mali, here is news of Malian nonuplets. Their birth, in May 2021, was a world first. The nine brothers and sisters born from a single pregnancy are three years…
a petition launched for a European right to abortion
More than 100,000 Europeans have already signed a petition demanding a European right to abortion. Around a hundred associations launched this initiative to alert the leaders of the European Union…
launch of a vaccination campaign to curb the meningitis epidemic
In Niger, a vaccination campaign was launched Thursday in Niamey to fight the meningitis epidemic. Since mid-March, more than 2,000 cases, including 123 deaths, have been recorded in the country,…
increase in cholera cases, a new medical unit opened
The number of cholera cases in Mayotte, a French department located in the Indian Ocean, has doubled. It now stands at 26, compared to thirteen two days previously, the authorities…
End of life: “I was waiting for this law”, the testimony of Loïc suffering from Charcot’s disease
The text of the bill on the end of life has arrived at the National Assembly to be examined. This text provides, among other things, the possibility for patients suffering…
two studies confirm the effectiveness of Beyfortus against bronchiolitis
Sanofi’s Beyfortus is part of recent treatments which for the first time hold the promise of immunizing many people against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the one which is responsible…
first three cases of “native” cholera identified in Mayotte
Three first cases of “indigenous” cholera have been identified in the French department, where ten imported cases had been recorded since mid-March among migrants coming in particular from the neighboring…