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French president gives boost to mental health measures, …

WEBFrench President Emmanuel Macron delivers the closing speech at the national convention on mental health and psychiatry at the Ministry of Solidarity and …

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Hospitals in France slowly catch up from Covid but …

WEBAdvertising. The French hospital federation (FHF) says that hospital activity in 2023 “globally came back to the level observed in 2019,” but some disparities indicate …

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France ends Covid state of emergency, dissolves scientific …

WEBA new committee to monitor and anticipate health risks was created in France on Sunday to replace the scientific council on Covid and the vaccine strategy …

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Macron offers solutions but no magic cure for France's …

WEBFrance's health minister said on Thursday that he was ready to increase the consultation fee in return for efforts to allow patients to access doctors more easily, but …

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Health security bill to be reviewed by MPs as France …

WEBThe text aims to extend health data collection systems and set up a border health pass if the health situation so requires. Issued on: 11/07/2022 - 16:33. 3 min.

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Half of French population 'either obese or overweight'

WEBBeing overweight is a major public health problem since the condition increases the sufferer's risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. Experts also warn of …

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France's Constitutional Council approves use of …

WEBThe text on extending the use of the health pass to bars, restaurants and travel was adopted by the National Assembly and the Senate on 25 July, after six days …

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Medicine shortage hits as France grapples with health …

WEBAntibiotics shortage puts France at risk of 'major' public health crisis. French hospitals struggle with worst bronchiolitis epidemic in 10 years. From January to …

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Covid crisis takes heavy toll on French students' mental …

WEBThe shortage of psychological support within French universities is not helping. With only one psychologist per 30,000 students, France is far behind a country …

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Covid-19 to cost France nearly half a trillion euros over three years …

WEBPublic Accounts Minister Olivier Dussopt toldLe Figaro daily on Tuesday, that the health crisis cost the state an estimated 158 billion euros in 2020, a figure set to rise …

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Cholera cases in the French department of Mayotte double in two …

WEBHealth authorities in Mayotte on Sunday said they had identified 26 cases of cholera, compared to 13 two days before, and the hospital capacity to treat patients is …

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French Senate passes law on 'Health Pass' but it is not a done

WEBFollowing a new day of mobilisation by its opponents, the law on anti-Covid health pass could be definitively adopted on Sunday evening, if deputies and senators …

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World-first endometriosis saliva test wins support of French health …

WEBFrance’s scientific health authority has urged the government to cover a newly developed saliva test for endometriosis – a debilitating disease affecting one in 10 …

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Tale of how French experts became the first to discover HIV virus

WEBWilly Rozenbaum, an infectious disease specialist at the Claude-Bernard Hospital, read an account of the new illness in a US public health bulletin in June 1981. …

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New French government suffers first defeat as lawmakers vote …

WEBFrance's new Minister of Health, François Braun, said it was a shame that "an alliance of circumstances" led lawmakers to reject one of the key measures of the …

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Doctors lament lack of state support for 'Dry January' in France

WEBIn 2024, France is kicking off its fifth year of the "Dry january" challenge, encouraging people to cut alcohol consumption for a month to raise awareness of health issues …

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French people have stopped giving up smoking, survey shows

WEBThe rise in number of smokers – many of them low-income earners – ends several years of steady decline during which millions of French people gave up the …

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60-year-old high-school teacher is first French victim of the …

WEBA 60-year-old man has become the first French victim of the coronavirus in the country, the health ministry announced Wednesday. Issued on: 26/02/2020 - 10:46 …

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French health chiefs ban Bordeaux oysters amid norovirus scare

WEBHealth authorities in southwestern France have temporarily banned the sale of oysters from the famous Bay of Arcachon after several people suffered food …

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India struggles to confront its mental health problems

WEBIn India alone, a 2019 WHO estimate said the economic loss due to mental health conditions between 2012 and 2030 would be around $1.03 trillion. “Around 47 …

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The level of air pollution is falling in Paris, but it’s still too high

WEBAir quality improved in the Paris region in 2021, but its 12 million inhabitants are still subject to pollution levels above World Health Organisation (WHO) …

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