Introduction.—Storm Klaus swept through southwestern France on Saturday, January 24, 2009, leaving more than 1.7 million households without power, including 477,000 in the Midi-Pyrénées...

Objectives. Using data from the Épifane study on infant feeding during the first year of life, this paper presents breastfeeding rates at the maternity ward and at one month of age, and...

Background: The epidemiology of stage 3–5 chronic kidney disease remains poorly documented in France despite the burden it imposes. The objective of our study was to provide an estimate...

Key Points In 2024, 148 cases of Legionnaires' disease were reported in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The notification rate was 2.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, below the national...

Biological exposure assessments are invaluable for objectively determining exposure to environmental pollutants within a population and identifying the factors driving that exposure,...

Since 2020, the surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) has been part of the Surveillance and Prevention Program for Infection Risk in Surgery and Interventional Medicine...

Key Points Arboviral Diseases No cases of chikungunya reported in week 42 (and 4 cases in week 41). * The last reported case of locally acquired dengue was confirmed in week 17, and...

Key points Martinique Flu: city-level indicators remain high, though slightly decreasing; circulation of Influenza A viruses is low and stable Bronchiolitis: early circulation of RSV,...