COVID-19: barriers’ gestures, reflexes to relearn

COVID-19: barriers’ gestures, reflexes to relearn

► What remains barriers? Clearly teleworking, boom online purchases, optional kisses … Each one notes, many are the survival of the Pandemic of COVID-19 in our daily life. However, certain habits adopted at the time of the health crisis were gradually lost. Among them, the essential “barriers” are no longer observed with so much rigor. … Read more

The flu epidemic remains very active but the peak seems (finally) past

The flu epidemic remains very active but the peak seems (finally) past

We all heard about it so much she made victims this year. Some have spent beds in bed, sneaked with cramps and with a fever to go crazy. Others, more fragile, even left their lives there. This winter, the flu epidemic was particularly virulent in France. And it’s not over, because activity is still “very … Read more

The influenza epidemic is still getting worse, in children and adults

The influenza epidemic is still getting worse, in children and adults

The flu epidemic still accelerates in France. Without saving children, many in the hospital, she continues to be deadly in adults, even though the vaccine is ineffective in the elderly, particularly vulnerable. The last days have been marked by a “Strong intensification of the epidemic in France”summed up the France Public Health Agency in a … Read more

Flu epidemia accelerates and affects all age groups

Flu epidemia accelerates and affects all age groups

The influenza epidemic continues to intensify in France, with a clear acceleration observed in recent days, according to the latest weekly public health assessment France. The health agency highlights a “strong intensification of the epidemic in France” for the week ending on January 26. The simultaneous traffic of several strains of the virus contributes to … Read more

Flu, covid … beware of these products that promise to “boost immunity”

Flu, covid … beware of these products that promise to “boost immunity”

With winter and its diseases, it’s tempting … on the internet, in stores and even in pharmacies, dozens of products offer “boosting your immunity”. But the promise “marketing” is often nothing scientific. Vitamins B, C, D or trace elements: more than one in five French people regularly consumes food supplements, mainly in winter, according to … Read more

Flu epidemic: extension of the vaccination campaign until the end of February

Flu epidemic: extension of the vaccination campaign until the end of February

Faced with a severe seasonal flu epidemic of still high intensity in mid-January, the vaccination campaign is extended by one month in France, until the end of February, the Ministry of Health announced Wednesday, January 22 evening. . Seen that “the circulation of influenza viruses is still very active in mainland France and overseas”, “the … Read more

With the flu outbreak, compulsory vaccination of caregivers in question

With the flu outbreak, compulsory vaccination of caregivers in question

A way to reduce the transmission of the flu to vulnerable people or a not-so-effective lever? The outbreak of the epidemic and its strong impact on hospitals has relaunched in France the sensitive question of a possible vaccination obligation for caregivers. For the Minister of Health Yannick Neuder, it is necessary “ask the question of … Read more

Winter flu: sharp increase in deaths and “very high hospital activity”

Winter flu: sharp increase in deaths and “very high hospital activity”

The winter flu epidemic has intensified in cities in France and has generated a “very high hospital activity” and one “clear increase in deaths” the second week of the year, Public Health France said on Wednesday. The week from January 6 to 12 was marked by a “marked severity of the epidemic”which reached a “high … Read more

Are parents ready to vaccinate their children against the flu?

Are parents ready to vaccinate their children against the flu?

You will not have missed this, we are in the middle of a flu epidemic. To deal with this, 87 hospitals have triggered the white plan, which allows them to deprogram certain operations or recall staff from leave, the Ministry of Health announced last Friday. If multiple factors help to explain the explosion of cases, … Read more