Epidemiological Situation For the past 7 weeks (weeks 36 through 42 of 2018), consultations for influenza-like illness (ILI) in the emergency departments of the island’s four hospitals...

Epidemiological Situation Since the beginning of 2018, 6,644 biologically confirmed or probable cases of dengue (including 9 imported from Polynesia, Brazil, Thailand, the Maldives, and...

Summary In week 43 (October 22–28), total activity and hospitalizations following emergency department visits declined among children aged 2–14 years (–29%, or –19,762 visits, and –17%,...

Summary In Week 43 (October 22–28), the first week of school vacation, activity at SOS Médecins clinics declined among children aged 2–14 (-18%, or 3,118 fewer visits) and, to a lesser...

Summary Nationwide, mortality during week 42 (October 15–21, 2018) remains within the usual range of variation across all age groups. These observations should be interpreted with...

Key points Slight increase in emergency room visits and SOS Médecins calls for bronchiolitis in most regions Entry into the pre-epidemic phase in Hauts-de-France Transition to the...

France still has 12 million smokers today. Despite a historic decline of 1 million smokers between 2016 and 2017, smoking rates among women—which have been steadily rising since the...