What is chikungunya, this disease that killed two people in Reunion?

What is chikungunya, this disease that killed two people in Reunion?

In Reunion, chikungunya continues to progress. The prefecture of the department announced on Friday March 21 that two people, aged 86 and 96, died of the disease. These first deaths recorded since the start of the epidemic on the island, in August 2024, rekindled painful memories for the inhabitants. In 2005-2006, the virus had spread … Read more

Maladie will refuse unaccompanied paper support for work stoppages

Maladie will refuse unaccompanied paper support for work stoppages

In its annual report published Thursday, the CNAM (National Health Insurance Fund) points to the false work stoppages, which cost 42 million euros last year – more than 17 million recorded in 2023. Faced with this outbreak, Thomas Fatôme, its director general, announced this Friday on RMC a shock measure: from June 2025, the non … Read more

Infantile mortality: France among the less well -classified countries of the EU

Infantile mortality: France among the less well -classified countries of the EU

France ranks 23rd in the 27 states of the European Union in terms of infant mortality in 2022, “A fall marked compared to the 1990s, where it was among the best classified countries”underlines a study by the INED made public Thursday, March 20. “While the trend remains downwards in its European neighbors, infant mortality stagnates … Read more

Medical cannabis: new step towards generalization

Medical cannabis: new step towards generalization

The year 2025 was to be that of the arrival in France of cannabis treatments for therapeutic purposes. Led for more than three years with a few thousand patients, the experiment ended on December 31. But for several months, great uncertainty has reigned and the situation appeared blocked. Successive governments did not seem decided – … Read more

A key step crossed towards the generalization of medical cannabis in France

A key step crossed towards the generalization of medical cannabis in France

The authorization of cannabis -based treatments in France, on which a big vagueness has reigned for more than a year, has just taken an important step with the announcement on Wednesday March 19 by the government of crucial administrative formality. “The texts defining the framework of production and authorization of cannabis for medical use have … Read more