Key Highlights

• At both the national and regional levels, the 2012–2013 flu season is coming to an end. A few sporadic cases may still be diagnosed.

• Compared to the 2011-2012 season, the impact of the 2012-2013 flu season was much more pronounced at both the regional and national levels.

• Gastroenteritis activity is declining in the Lorraine region in week 17.

• In Lorraine, an increase in asthma diagnoses has been observed in both private practice and hospitals over the past two weeks.

• According to the surveillance map from the National Aerobiological Surveillance Network (RNSA), Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Moselle are at moderate allergy risk for the period from April 26 to May 3, 2013, with birch pollen present in Nancy.