The coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. As of May 14th, it has killed 18 of the 34 infected. France confirmed two cases over the weekend.
The World Health Organization has advised French people to stay calm after two cases of a deadly new SARS-like virus were confirmed over the weekend, and asked that they not overburden hospitals so those actually infected could be treated.
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A car drives in front of the hospital where a 65-year-old man has been diagnosed with deadly SARS-like virus. Authorities believe the virus may have spread. Photo: Denis Charlet/AFP
French authorities on Friday were waiting to receive confirmation that three other people in northern France had been infected by a new SARS-like virus. A 65-year-old, who was diagnosed earlier this week, remains in intensive care.
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A foreign staff nurse on her way to a hospital in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, where 11 people have died from the virus. Photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP
France's health ministry on Wednesday reported the country's first case of a SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people so far, mostly in Saudi Arabia.
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Is this an increasingly common sight in homes across France? A May 7th study found 59 percent of 11 to 12 year olds have consumed alcohol at least once. Photo: Stop Alcohol Deaths, Inc.
French teenagers are acquainting themselves with alcohol earlier and earlier in their lives and getting drunk in worryingly high numbers, according to a study published on Tuesday, the latest to suggest that France has a growing alcohol problem.
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Aedes albopictus - the 'tiger mosquito.' French authorities have launched their annual war on the fast-breeding, disease-carrying insects, which are prevalent in the south of France. Photo: CDC
The French ministry for health launched the country’s annual war on Tiger mosquitos this week, after the disease-carrying pest almost doubled its presence in the south of France last year.
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Another French medical scandal, this time over artificial joints Photo: DPStyles/flickr
France was hit by yet another medical scandal on Thursday when it emerged that surgeons have fitted around 650 people with prosthetic hip and knee replacements that had not been certified as being up to European standards.
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Is there any harm in letting a few dozen hungry fish nibble the dead skin off your feet? Well a French government health agency believes there may well be and has called for the beauty treatment of "fish pedicures" to be better supervised.
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A patient recovering from heart surgery has launched legal action after finding his doctor left him more than a prescription for painkillers. Mysterious pains led to the discovery of several pieces of a metal probe in his arteries.
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An overwhelming number of GPs in France are resorting to the internet search engine Google to help them find medical information that will help with their patient consultations, a new survey revealed this week.
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France launched one its biggest-ever trials on Wednesday as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare.
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French health service
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France's health service is renowned world wide, but a new report has criticized its doctors for being inefficient and costly, by sending their patients for far too many pointless and expensive medical exams.
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Women pose during a promotional shoot for a new brand by Wonderbra in Madrid in 2007. Photo: Bru Garcia/AFP
Women should forget everything they've been told about bras. According to a new French study, published on Wednesday, wearing a bra does nothing to reduce back pain, and the chest supports actually cause increased breast sagging.
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Checking the bill for the weekly shopping, or fingering through credit card receipts from the night before is never good for you, but a new French report is expected to warn that the print-outs actually pose a potentially serious health risk.
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The head of a French charity fighting Aids has called on the government to install free condom machines in schools to help prevent the spread of the disease. The government also announced it will authorize the use of home HIV test kits.
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A new report released this week highlighted the most polluted areas of the French capital. Surprisingly, it was the city's wealthy western shopping district, including Paris's most famous avenue, that has the dirtiest air.
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