Real Health

In metropolis, "the movement of the virus is proven but remains limited," according to the latest bulletin of the Institut de Veille Sanitaire, INVS. There were about 28 000 consultations for influenza of 17 to 23 August. Among these cases, InVS estimated 4 500 the number of influenza A (H1N1), ...

A woman aged 56, in which the A/H1N1 virus has been identified and who “had multiple risk factors“, died Sunday, August 23 in the Landes. This woman lived in a home for disabled adults. The National Institute for Public Health states that “all necessary management measures have been taken in ...

In view of a possible pandemicinfluenza A (H1N1), all institutions for elderly people must develop a business continuity plan. Objective: To maintain the activity whatever the circumstances. Retirement homes, residential facilities for elderly dependents (Ehpad) and sheltered housing are doubly concerned by a possible pandemic of influenza A (H1N1). First, ...

In its bulletin of 19 August, the World Health Organization estimated that more than 180 000 the number of confirmed cases of influenza A in the world with 1 799 deaths. But the samples were more systematic, it is reasonable to believe that hundreds of thousands, even millions of people ...

The Directorate of Health and Social Security released today the death of a little girl of 8 years in Noumea, as a result of influenza A. This is the third death of a person with the virus in France, with no established yet by the Institut de Veille Sanitaire they ...

The device of Education against influenza A was presented today at a press conference by Luc Chatel, Minister of Education and government spokesman. These measures are designed to avoid the maximum spread of the virus, especially if the number of cases rose sharply at the beginning. Children are more vulnerable to ...