Tag: Health and medicine
Road safety and health: prohibited diseases
My child is epileptic. My cousin is autistic. My mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease… So can they drive a car or pass the licence? In France, the law has just…
Sports activities at work, or the opportunity to improve the state of health of employees
In recommendations published last March, the National Academy of Medicine judges “ important to consider the level of physical activity and physical inactivity at work as determinants of health “.…
in the Bas-Rhin, hospitals fear the worst for the summer
As summer approaches, public hospitals are preparing for a difficult summer. In the south-west of France, some emergency services will close at night for lack of staff. In Strasbourg, the…
Concern of caregivers and emergency physicians: “We lack staff in all categories”
This is one of the hot issues awaiting the new government of Elisabeth Borne. Hospitals face a lack of staff and resources in the emergency services. The disruption of access…
health authorities urge vigilance against monkey pox
In the United States, authorities are calling for vigilance over monkeypox as at least one case has been detected in the country. With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki…
Israel records monkeypox case in man returning from Europe
In Israel, a first case of monkey pox has been detected. Guidelines have been issued to doctors across the country to report other possible cases. With our correspondent in Jerusalem,…
Monkey pox: “This human-human contamination is new and atypical”
The Directorate General of Health confirmed this Friday a first case of monkey pox in Île-de-France. This is a 29-year-old man who has no history of travel to West Africa,…
Kamala Harris steps up to defend abortion rights
The annulment of the “Roe versus Wade” who had legalized abortion in 1973 would be a “ extreme step back “, declared Kamala Harris, the vice-president of the United States…
Famine spreads in East Africa and threatens millions of people
This is the chilling conclusion of a study published this week by the organizations Oxfam and Save The Children, supported by the Jameel Observatory: in East Africa, a person is…
The Bordeaux University Hospital in “degraded mode”: “Today, we have no more resources”
The adult emergencies of the CHU de Bordeaux will no longer be accessible to the public at night. From this Wednesday, only serious cases referred by the Samu will be…