Tag: epidemics
Epidemics remained under control this winter
A woman speaks to a pharmacy employee before receiving a dose of vaccine against Covid-19, in Ajaccio, October 5, 2023. PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP While seasonal waves of respiratory infections, such as…
Flu, bronchiolitis, Covid… Where are the different epidemics in France?
The seasonal flu epidemic has continued to progress in recent days in France, particularly reaching the Paris region, while that of bronchiolitis has continued to decline after a peak in…
WHO worries about risks of epidemics in the Gaza Strip
The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concern on Friday, November 17, about the risks of epidemics in the Gaza Strip. While 1.5 million people have had to flee their…
“Financing prevention actions is necessary to avoid future epidemics and limit climate risks”
Sf we want to avoid a new pandemic, similar to that of Covid-19, it is essential that the methods of financing research and development are part of a holistic and…
“It’s hell”: after the earthquake in Turkey, the survivors are under the threat of epidemics
Wilfried Devillers (in Turkey), edited by Laura Laplaud 07:22, February 19, 2023 Almost two weeks after the earthquake in Turkey, a humanitarian crisis is looming. Millions of people, now homeless,…
Holidays, epidemics, strikes by liberal doctors: “oversaturated”, emergencies are cracking
Yasmina Kattou, edited by Ophélie Artaud 9:22 a.m., December 27, 2022 Already saturated in normal times, emergencies are currently facing new difficulties, linked to the Christmas holidays, epidemics and the…
Epidemics of Covid, flu, bronchiolitis are progressing, hospitals are close to saturation
Yasmina Kattou 07:14, December 19, 2022modified to 07:22, December 19, 2022 To the epidemics of bronchiolitis and Covid is added that of influenza. In one week, emergency room admissions jumped…
two early and already very virulent epidemics
It had been two winters since, due to Covid-19, the winter epidemics of bronchiolitis and influenza had been atypical and less intense than normal. At the start of winter 2022,…
Polioviruses in sewage again: State of New York declares a disaster
Again polioviruses in the sewage New York State declares a state of emergency 09/10/2022, 4:23 p.m In the US, polio is actually considered eradicated. But in the state of New…
Epidemics: Bird flu is raging on the North Sea
The FLI expert on bird flu, Anja Globig, is even more cautious with this diagnosis. But it is clear that the virus survived last summer, says the expert. “However, a…
Hope for an end to Covid with Omicron: how did the epidemics of the past end?
COVID-19 – The surge of Omicron paradoxically gives rise to a wave of optimism. While it is too early to contemplate the end of the pandemic, the past provides a…
Influenza and bronchiolitis: these other epidemics underway in the territory
In addition to the Covid-19 pandemic, other epidemics are spreading on French territory in the heart of winter, in particular those of influenza and bronchiolitis. The flu epidemic continues to…