The objective of this study is to assess the perceived health status of employees in the meat industry (beef, pork, and poultry), in relation to their work-related stressors, which are...

Introduction: In early February 2007, the coordinating physician at a nursing home reported a significant number of flu-like illnesses among residents and staff. Methods: A cohort study...

Surveillance data from the 2006–2007 flu season show moderate flu activity in the French West Indies. In French Guiana, the epidemiology of the flu appears to have changed since 2006,...

Sonacotra (National Housing Construction Company for Workers) was established in 1956, initially to house Algerian workers. In the 1990s, these housing complexes were gradually converted...

In April 2003, the National AIDS Council expressed concern about the spread of HIV/AIDS in the overseas departments and called for improvements to the measures in place to combat the...

The French region most affected by obesity is Upper Normandy, with a prevalence rate of 13.8% across all age groups in 2000, compared to the French average of 9.6%. The Regional Health...

The vast majority of the 15,000 deaths in the summer of 2003 can be attributed to a twofold lack of awareness: a lack of awareness of the danger posed by extreme heat, and a...

The female polyurethane condom (FPC) is a relatively new medical device designed for contraception and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Over the past fifteen years, in...

The occurrence of sporadic outbreaks of cutaneous trichophytosis among wrestlers (tinea corporis gladiatorum) has been known, particularly since 1992. Most of these outbreaks have been...