Background - On March 29, 2006, the Calvados Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs was alerted to a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among sailors who had participated in...

Introduction - The purpose of this study is to describe recent trends in asthma-related mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits for acute asthma in the Midi-Pyrénées...

Unexplained episodes of illness occurred among staff in a central operating unit at Marseille’s Hôpital Nord during a period of construction work in August 2005. The nonspecific...

Introduction - Ringworm outbreaks in France are primarily caused by the following three anthropophilic dermatophytes: Microsporum langeronii (M. langeronii), Trichophyton soudanense (T....

Introduction - Five cases of pleural mesothelioma among staff at the Jussieu campus in Paris were reported to the InVS, which sought to assess the likelihood that these mesotheliomas...

Introduction: In early February 2007, the coordinating physician at a nursing home reported a significant number of flu-like illnesses among residents and staff. Methods: A cohort study...

Surveillance data from the 2006–2007 flu season show moderate flu activity in the French West Indies. In French Guiana, the epidemiology of the flu appears to have changed since 2006,...

Sonacotra (National Housing Construction Company for Workers) was established in 1956, initially to house Algerian workers. In the 1990s, these housing complexes were gradually converted...

In April 2003, the National AIDS Council expressed concern about the spread of HIV/AIDS in the overseas departments and called for improvements to the measures in place to combat the...

The French region most affected by obesity is Upper Normandy, with a prevalence rate of 13.8% across all age groups in 2000, compared to the French average of 9.6%. The Regional Health...