Tag: Health and medicine
Fighting breast cancer with humor, the challenge of the Jeune&Rose association
The Pink October campaign raises awareness of breast cancer and publicizes initiatives for prevention and screening. This year, for the 31st edition of Pink October, spotlight on the Bordeaux association…
Wegovy, the new drug against obesity, delivered under conditions
This October 8, the Danish laboratory Novo Nordisk is putting its flagship anti-obesity drug called Wegovy on the French market. A medicine sometimes diverted from its indication in certain countries…
In France, the rapidly expanding biomedicine sector is recruiting
In 2021, biomedicines represented 400 billion euros, or around 33% of the global pharmaceutical market and one in two drugs in development is a biomedicine. In France, although the sector…
Quebec stops recruiting African nurses
Quebec will no longer recruit nursing staff in a large part of Africa so as not to create shortages for the populations of several countries. 1 min With our correspondent…
the launch of the vaccination campaign postponed
The Congolese Minister of Health announced the postponement of the launch of the Mpox vaccination campaign. Initially scheduled for this Wednesday morning, it must take place Saturday October 5. A…
Mental health: “The role of the great national cause is to destigmatize psychiatry”
During his general policy speech on Tuesday, October 1, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier confirmed that he was making mental health the “great cause” of the year 2025. Labeling has…
Teleworking, considered an achievement in France since Covid, could decline
In recent years, teleworking has been well established in French companies. It has even become a prerequisite for certain employees. But recently, several companies are backtracking and trying to better…
In Congo-Brazzaville, abortion is officially banned, but practiced clandestinely
Which African countries authorize or prohibit abortion? In the majority of countries on the continent, abortion is authorized only under conditions: for medical reasons, for example in the DRC, the…
state medical aid, a hot topic for the Barnier government
Michel Barnier brings his government together on Friday to agree on the roadmap which he will present to the National Assembly on Tuesday. Already, burning issues are emerging, including the…
Drug shortages: millions of euros in fines for pharmaceutical laboratories
The French Medicines Agency (ANSM) has ordered 11 pharmaceutical laboratories, including the French Biogaran and the Swiss Sandoz, to pay a total of eight million euros for not maintaining sufficient…