Containment has been extended to more islands and will be in effect throughout the week, announced High Commissioner Dominique Sorain and President Edouard Fritch. New turn of the screw in French Polynesia against the Covid-19…
Uvesterol D suspended from the market as a…
The National Medicines Agency has decided to suspend the marketing of Uvesterol D, a drug against vitamin D deficiency whose method of administration by pipette is suspected to be the cause of the death of…
Why are infants given vitamin D?
A 10-day-old infant died on December 21 after receiving a dose of vitamin D. He began to suffocate and then went into cardio-respiratory arrest. For now, the exact causes of death are unknown. Health authorities…
Doctors want to generalize rapid detection tests to…
It is a major public health problem. Antibiotics are too widely prescribed. Result: the bacteria become more resistant, which causes 12,500 deaths per year in France. In a document published Wednesday, several doctors recommend a…
Sanitary protocol in schools: the FCPE would prefer…
Rodrigo Arenas, co-president of the Federation of Student Parents' Councils (FCPE), believes on franceinfo that it would be “much more effective to test children to reassure teachers in particular.” “The vaccine does not allow you…
Drug residues in the environment: what are the…
VIDEO - Drug residues inevitably end up in our environment. For the first time, an international congress held in Paris is synthesizing the scientific data available to better identify health risks. The explanations of Yves…
Covid-19: vaccinated people have “eleven times less risk…
These figures come from the latest study by the Directorate for Research, Studies and Statistics Assessment, published on Friday. Vaccination against Covid-19 is working. “We have eight times less contamination when we are vaccinated and…
Covid-19: “To make people believe that this health…
The former member of the National Rally is preparing to participate in the sixth Saturday demonstration against the health pass, and says he wants to put back “A little sense, serenity and common sense” in…
Hepatitis C: HAS approves generalized access to treatment
Access to effective treatments for all hepatitis C patients received a “favorable” opinion from the High Authority for Health (HAS), an opinion requested by the Minister of Health, made public on December 12. Marisol Touraine,…
Contribution of tobacco companies to collect cigarette butts:…
More than 23 billion cigarette butts are thrown on the ground each year on French territory. About 80 million euros per year will be allocated to communities to collect the more than 23 billion cigarette…