Key Points In Week 49 (December 6–12, 2021), emergency department visits and hospitalizations following visits remained stable across all age groups. The levels of visits and...

Key Points Nationwide, the number of deaths from all causes and across all age groups is rising and exceeds the usual range of fluctuation in weeks 47 and 48. This increase mainly...

Key Points Week 49 Most indicators remain stable or even decline in both networks Slight increase in emergency department visits for mood disorders among those aged 65 and older Higher...

Key Points In week 49, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 continued, with hospital indicators still on the rise. Mainland France: Incidence rates higher than the peaks of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th...

Key Points Wave 30 (November 30–December 7) 90% (+2%) of respondents support COVID-19 vaccination: they have either already received at least one dose of the vaccine or intend to do...

Key Points GEA’s business in hospital emergency departments continued to grow in Q4 2020. This activity remains more pronounced among children under 5, reaching levels higher than...

Herbicides are plant protection products used to control weeds. They are used in agriculture and were available for use by the general public until January 1, 2019. They are widely...

As part of the national biomonitoring program, the Esteban cross-sectional study conducted in 2014–2016 measured exposure levels to organophosphate pesticides in the French mainland...

Pyrethroids are synthetic analogs of pyrethrins, natural chemicals found in certain species of chrysanthemum. They were first introduced to the market in the mid-1970s. Today, they are...

Carbamates are a group of synthetic pesticides. They were introduced in the 1950s to replace organochlorine pesticides. The Esteban study is the first to measure carbamate exposure...