Key Findings An increase in asthma diagnoses has been observed in both hospital and pre-hospital settings over the past two weeks. This increase primarily affects the 2- to...

Headlines - Clusters of Mumps Cases in Schools and Other Settings: What to Do In France, since late March 2013, increased circulation of the mumps virus compared to previous years...

Mortality: The number of deaths recorded from civil registry data over the past few weeks is in line with expected levels for this time of year. Emergency room visits by...

Summary Week 38 saw an increase in visits to hospital and community emergency departments: - for ENT infections, particularly among children under 15 years of age; - for acute...

Key Fact: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Number of confirmed or probable fatal cases in France. Data updated as of August 30, 2013. A total of 27 confirmed or probable cases of vCJD...

Table of Contents Information Points Signals – Alerts Formamide and items likely to contain it: exposure cases in the national poisoning case database Ingestion of...

Activity at SOS Médecins clinics continued to rise over the past week (+12%) both nationally and regionally, with patient numbers slightly higher than in 2011 and 2012. This increase...

Summary In week 37, an increase in emergency room visits for asthma was observed in Champagne-Ardenne. A similar increase was noted in calls to SOS Médecins, although the numbers...

Summary Week 38 saw an increase in emergency department visits for ENT infections, particularly among children under 15, and calls to SOS Médecins for reasons suggesting respiratory...