Objective: Smoking is a major cause of disease, associated with a significant public health impact on the health of populations. Our objective was to update the estimate of...

Objectives: France is one of four European countries to offer a comprehensive smoking cessation program that includes a helpline, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with a reimbursement...

Air pollution is responsible for 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide each year. The number of initiatives aimed at improving air quality is growing, and it is necessary to document...

The number of new cases of breast cancer has been rising in France since the 1980s. After peaking around 2005, the incidence has stabilized, although recent trends remain uncertain....

This article presents an epidemiological and virological overview of influenza activity in metropolitan France during the 2015–2016 season. Methods: This report is based on a descriptive...

The Aedes albopictus mosquito, or tiger mosquito, a vector of dengue and chikungunya, has been present in mainland France since 2004. It poses a risk of local transmission of these...

Vaccination Week (SEV) has been an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2005. It is a key event for raising awareness and mobilizing the public and healthcare...

In 2009, a sentinel surveillance system for Lyme disease (LD) was established in primary care in mainland France. Over the 2009–2016 period, 819 cases were reported by participating...

Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in France. Since 2009, surveillance of the disease in mainland France has been conducted by the Sentinelles network, a network...

The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis is based on a combination of clinical, epidemiological, and biological evidence. From a biological standpoint, serology is the primary diagnostic tool....