Tag: Public health
A “high” risk and “several outbreaks” detected
The authorities are on alert. The level of risk linked to avian flu in the French metropolitan territory was raised on Tuesday from “moderate” to “high” after the detection of…
New Zealand is sending a fatal signal for non-smoker protection – health
It should have been the most ambitious anti-tobacco law in the world. The New Zealand government had planned that in the future only non-smokers would grow up in their country.…
Children contaminated with Dépakine without their mothers even having taken the treatment?
It would be a scandal within a scandal. Can children be sick from Dépakine without their mother having even taken the antiepileptic drug during treatment taken during pregnancy? The mother…
In Germany there is not enough testing for HIV – Health
Many affected people in Germany still find out very late that they have been infected. Things could be better; other countries are showing the way At some point the patient’s…
State medical aid reinstated in committee by deputies
After the Senate vote, the deputies mobilized. They restored State Medical Aid (AME) for undocumented immigrants on Wednesday in committee by a very large majority, deleting an article from the…
Mental health: When poverty weighs on the soul
People with little money are particularly likely to become mentally ill. Always affected: children and young people. What can be done about it. source site
Beer, wine… Alcoholic Advent calendars, “it’s disastrous”, denounce doctors
Teas, cosmetics, puzzles… For several years, Advent calendars have become widely diversified, even if it means supplanting the traditional daily chocolate in certain homes. And at the same time as…
After a lull, the epidemic rebounds
She had taken a break for the school holidays. But bronchiolitis is making a comeback. The epidemic, which mainly affects babies, has resumed its progression in recent days, the public…
Increase in unexplained pneumonia in China – Health
It sounds uncomfortably familiar: There is apparently an increase in pneumonia of unknown causes in China. The corona pandemic began with such a report. But it is still unclear what…
Women with modest incomes use fewer reimbursed contraceptives
Contraceptive pills, implants or IUDs… Women with lower incomes use reimbursed contraceptives less than others, at all ages of reproductive life, notes an INED study, published this Wednesday. Only 36%…