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Cases of Salmonella Poona in Infants: Update as of February 18, 2019

On January 23, 2019, January 24, 2019, and February 8, 2019, Santé publique France issued alerts regarding cases of salmonellosis caused by the Poona serotype in infants.

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Youth Empowerment: *Health in Action* Issue No. 446

"Youth Empowerment": the feature in *Health in Action* No. 446

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How effective is France's organized breast cancer screening program?

Participation rates by department, number of cancers detected, number of false positives, predictive value… Santé publique France has released the results of its evaluation of the organized breast...

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Measles outbreak in Val Thorens (Savoie)

An outbreak of measles has been identified in Val Thorens, located in the municipality of Belleville, in Savoie. Santé publique France has released an update as of February 13, 2019.

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Cases of Salmonella Poona in Infants: Update as of February 8, 2019

On January 23, 2019, and January 24, 2019, Santé publique France issued an alert regarding cases of salmonellosis caused by the Poona serotype in infants.

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Flu: The outbreak continues

The flu outbreak is affecting the entire mainland and certain overseas departments. However, the peak of activity on the mainland has likely not yet been reached. Santé publique France publishes...

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Suicide and Suicide Attempts: National and Regional Data

Santé publique France has published the latest epidemiological data on suicide and suicide attempts in a special issue of the Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, along with—for the first...

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Santé publique France presents its 2019 highlights and the Géodes tool

Santé publique France presents its 2019 highlights and the Géodes tool

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In partnership with Santé publique France, the Collège de France is...

Established in partnership with Santé publique France, the Collège de France’s Chair in Public Health is designed to promote excellence in research and intellectual debate at the highest level on...

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Publication of the first public health bulletins on tobacco for each region...

In 2017, according to data from the Santé publique France Barometer, the number of daily smokers had fallen by one million in just one year. This historic decline comes amid a strong push to...

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Changes in Perceptions of the Risks of Smoking in France: 2015 Cancer Barometer

Tobacco is by far the leading preventable risk factor for cancer in France. In 2015, among adults aged 30 and older, more than 66,000 cases of cancer were attributable to tobacco (54,000 among men...

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Cases of Salmonella Poona in Infants: Update as of January 24, 2019

The National Reference Center (NRC) for Salmonella at the Pasteur Institute has identified four cases of Salmonella Poona (S. Poona) infection in infants whose strains belong to the same genomic...