Lead poisoning in children was rediscovered in France nearly 20 years ago, with lead-based paint—still present in older Parisian homes—identified as the source of the poisoning. In the...

The explosive rise in bacterial resistance is a consequence of the widespread use of antibiotics in humans, animals, and agriculture. Food of animal origin is a proven source of...

In response to an increase since 1999 in the number of AIDS cases among people of Sub-Saharan African nationality, a descriptive study of HIV-positive patients from Sub-Saharan Africa...

Surveillance of listeriosis in France is conducted through mandatory reporting (DO) and data from the National Reference Center (CNR) for Listeria at the Pasteur Institute. The CNR...

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview, two years after the heat wave, of the main studies conducted in France in the wake of this tragic event, their findings, and the...

We present here the first descriptive analysis of the French cohort of patients with inherited coagulation protein deficiencies, the result of close collaboration between healthcare...

In France, the incidence of tuberculosis has remained stable at around 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants since 1997 (10.2 in 2003). However, the epidemiological situation varies...

Tuberculosis is a preventable infectious disease whose impact on public health is growing worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that if the disease is not brought under...

The link between air pollution and mortality is now widely accepted, with a level of causality that allows for health impact assessments such as the one presented in this study for...