Summary During this second heat wave of the summer of 2016, 43 departments across 8 regions were placed under an orange alert and 26 under a yellow alert by Météo-France. This second...

Santé publique France is modernizing its system for notifiable diseases (MDO), starting with the online reporting of HIV infection and AIDS via a web application: e-DO. This new system...

Summary Mortality rates observed during week 33 (August 15–21) remained stable at levels close to those expected for this period, across all ages and age groups (Figures 1–3). Given the...

Summary Overall activity is on the rise among children aged 2–14 (visits and hospitalizations) as well as among adults over 75 (hospitalizations only). The main seasonal indicators on...

Summary Overall activity at SOS Médecins clinics is down across all age groups, except in the Île-de-France region, where overall activity increased by 11.6% over the past week,...

Summary In week 33, no specific public health events were reported in the region.

Highlights Outpatient Activity Overall activity at SOS Médecins clinics remains generally stable in the departments affected by the heat wave alert, though there has been a slight...

Summary 43 departments placed under an orange alert from Friday, August 26, to Saturday, August 27, 2016. Increase in all indicators directly linked to heat across all age groups....

Santé publique France, the national public health agency, has issued several calls for applications to renew these governing bodies.

Heat waves and periods of extreme heat: Santé publique France issues a national update and prevention guidelines