Background - On March 29, 2006, the Calvados Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs was alerted to a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among sailors who had participated in...

Introduction - The purpose of this study is to describe recent trends in asthma-related mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits for acute asthma in the Midi-Pyrénées...

Unexplained episodes of illness occurred among staff in a central operating unit at Marseille’s Hôpital Nord during a period of construction work in August 2005. The nonspecific...

The main findings of the Coquelicot survey have just been published. Swaps took this opportunity to examine the profiles and behaviors of crack users in northeastern Paris, as described...

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a feared illness due to its sudden onset—most often in young children or adolescents—its high case-fatality rate, the risk of serious long-term...

Introduction - Ringworm outbreaks in France are primarily caused by the following three anthropophilic dermatophytes: Microsporum langeronii (M. langeronii), Trichophyton soudanense (T....

Environmental studies and investigations were conducted following reports of a cluster of pediatric cancers in a neighborhood of Vincennes, which is partly located on a former industrial...

Following reports in 1999 of a cluster of childhood cancers among students attending a school built on a former industrial site, epidemiological and environmental studies initially ruled...

Three cases of childhood cancer occurred between 1995 and 1999 at a preschool built on a former industrial brownfield site in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne). An initial assessment in 2000 had...

In August 2009, a nursing home for the elderly (Ehpad) in the Vaucluse department reported seven suspected cases of influenza. Since the nasal swabs taken to test for the new A(H1N1)2009...