Tag: Health and medicine
China in the statistical blur after the relaxation of health restrictions linked to Covid-19
Health authorities announced on Wednesday a general relaxation of anti-Covid-19 health measures. Consequences: difficult to have reliable figures on the epidemic. It is no longer possible to collectively test the…
a citizens’ convention opens around the law on the end of life
Should the law on the end of life be changed in France? Nearly 180 French people will debate it within a citizens’ convention which opens this Friday, December 9 in…
Emmanuel Macron announces free condoms for 18-25 year olds in pharmacies in 2023
Emmanuel Macron announced this Thursday, December 8 that access to condoms would be free in pharmacies for young people aged 18 to 25 from January 1, 2023. ” In pharmacies,…
Pesticide manufacturer Bayer-Monsanto ordered to compensate a French farmer
Bayer-Monsanto will have to compensate a French farmer, Paul François, poisoned by the herbicide Lasso. Information revealed, this Thursday, December 8, by our colleagues from World and Radio France. On…
a resurgence of serious streptococcal A infections which raises questions
Like the United Kingdom, France is observing an unusual increase in the number of serious streptococcal A infections. Over the past fortnight, at least eight children have been hospitalized in…
Versailles hospital, victim of a cyber attack, limits the reception of patients
The Versailles hospital, in the Paris region, has been the victim of a cyberattack since Saturday evening. Its activities and the reception of patients are disrupted. The management recommends not…
The pharmaceutical industry, a still embryonic sector in Africa
Abidjan hosted the Africa Health Expo forum from December 1 to 3, dedicated to the health ecosystem in Africa. The opportunity to draw up an inventory of the pharmaceutical industry…
for the public health agency, the country is affected by a “triple epidemic”
There ” triple epidemic “which France is facing, with the simultaneous circulation of Covid-19, bronchiolitis and influenza, is” completely new “. Its evolution is difficult to predict, underlined Public Health…
“Very naively, I thought I was not affected by the HIV epidemic”
Each year, 650,000 people die of AIDS worldwide. Screening, essential in the fight against the disease, has been slowed down by the Covid-19 epidemic. Consequence: some HIV-positive people, without knowing…
In France, doctors and biologists in the private sector on strike
Doctors and biologists in the private sector closed practices and laboratories this Thursday and Friday in France, the first to demand price increases, the others to avoid a budgetary “plane…