Objectives: The objective was to describe the characteristics of individuals receiving long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) and to examine trends in prevalence and incidence between 2006...

The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance conducted a study on patients hospitalized for burns in 2010 using data from the Medical Information Systems Program. The study...

Mesotheliomas are rare cancers, accounting for less than 0.3% of all cancers in France. They are highly aggressive cancers that are resistant to many conventional treatments and have...

In France, as in most Western European countries, the incidence of tuberculosis is higher in large cities, which are more affected by population movements and by people in situations...

Introduction: Socioeconomic disparities within a population lead to differences in mortality rates. This article describes the link between mortality and social disadvantage for...

In light of the current global emergence of the Zika virus, we report the epidemiological and clinical data from the outbreak that occurred in French Polynesia (Pacific region) between...

Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) are enterococci that have developed an unnatural resistance to at least one antibiotic in the glycopeptide class. Furthermore, Enterococcus...

Introduction: Hypercholesterolemia is a major cardiovascular risk factor that often goes undiagnosed. In France, 18.8% of adults had LDL cholesterol (LDL-c) levels above 1.6 g/L in...

Background: Coronavirus OC43 infection causes severe pneumonia in patients with comorbidities, but clinical signs alone are insufficient to identify the virus. Objectives: To analyze...

Thousands of emergency responders and law enforcement officers were mobilized following the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris and Saint-Denis. To assess the psychological impact...