Summary Emergency room visits are on the rise among adults and, to a lesser extent, among children under 2 years of age, while they are declining among children aged 2–14....

Summary A brief and intense heat wave is coming to an end. A decrease in heat-related healthcare use among adults in mainland France, though this trend has not yet begun...

Key Points In its heat wave advisory issued on July 18, 2016, at 4:00 p.m., Météo-France placed a total of 12 departments in mainland France under an orange heat wave alert (+5...

Summary A brief but intense heat wave, the first serious consequences of which were two worker deaths and the mobilization of emergency services at two children’s camps. An...

Preliminary Results of the Study on Population Exposure to Major Pollutants In order to address residents’ concerns following the results of environmental monitoring campaigns of...

Key Points Nationwide, the number of emergency room visits and SOS Médecins consultations for conditions directly related to heat (hyperthermia/heatstroke, dehydration,...

Key Points The Heat Wave and Health Alert System (SACS) is the health component of the National Heat Wave Plan (PNC), led by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance...

Highlights Outpatient Care Overall activity at SOS Médecins associations remains stable in the departments affected by the heat wave alert. SOS Médecins activity for heat-related...

As it does every year, from June 1 to August 31, Santé publique France coordinates the Heat Wave and Health Alert System in close collaboration with Météo-France. As part of this...

Santé publique France, the national public health agency, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, is issuing a call for applications to form an ad hoc expert group on...