France

A mercaptan gas leak at Rouen; the effects could be smelled as far as Paris

The foul smell that reached as far as Parisduring the night from Monday into Tuesday was caused by a leak in the Lubriziol chemical plant in Rouen. The leak released mercaptan, an olfactory marker of the type used to give a smell ...

22 Jan 2013 | France

The gastroenteritis epidemic threshold has been surpassed

According to the Inserm Sentinels network, in mainland France last week, the number of cases of acute diarrhoea treated by family physicians was estimated at 380 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants. A figure on the increase compared to last week and above ...

03 Jan 2013 | France

The Telethon: to take place on 7 and 8 December 2012 with the help of Inserm researchers

"Oser vaincre" (Dare to win) is the slogan for the Telethon 2012 campaign that will start on December 7 and 8. Three million people in France are affected by 6,000 different rare diseases. These diseases, mostly genetic and disabling, had remained ...

03 Dec 2012 | Event France

Phone or drive? Soon you’ll have to make the choice

The French Minister of Home Affairs, Manuel Valls, set up the new National Road Safety Policy on 27 November. It is to be chaired by the Socialist Party Deputy of the Bas-Rhin, Mr. Armand Jung. This "road safety parliament" so to ...

28 Nov 2012 | France

14th November World Diabetes Day

According to the WHO, diabetes affects 347 million people the world over. This chronic disease occurs when the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin (type1 diabetes), or when the body is unable to correctly use the insulin it produces (type 2 diabetes). ...

09 Nov 2012 | France International

Chickenpox is on the way back

Created over twenty-five years ago, the Sentinel Network is a health watch network that uses data collected from 1300 family physicians based in mainland France. Thanks to the data communicated in real-time by Sentinel physicians, the Network is able to publish a ...

31 Oct 2012 | France