Psittacosis: what are the symptoms of parrot fever?
The World Health Organization is warning of the increase in the number of cases of psittacosis, or parrot fever, in ...
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Lung development: the key role of immune cells before birth
Researchers have identified how immune cells shape the developing lungs, opening new avenues for treating respiratory diseases. THE ESSENTIAL A ...
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Asthma attack: everything you need to know to manage it properly
Dust, smoke, cold air… Many triggers can cause an attack in people with asthma. A pulmonologist gives us her advice ...
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae: “unusual increase” in respiratory infections in France
The Directorate General of Health (DGS) is warning of the sudden increase in pneumonia leading to hospitalizations among children and ...
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae: what you need to know about this bacteria in China
The increase in cases of respiratory diseases, observed in China, particularly among children, could be linked to a bacteria called ...
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WHO concerned about increase in respiratory diseases in China
The WHO is alarmed by the increase in respiratory diseases and pneumonia among children in China and officially requests “detailed ...
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Unknown respiratory disease spreads rapidly among dogs in the United States
A respiratory infection affecting hundreds of dogs has spread to at least four states across the Atlantic, worrying veterinarians who ...
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The bronchiolitis epidemic is growing: 2 new regions on red alert
Public Health France has announced that Centre-Val de Loire and Grand Est are now categorized in the “epidemic phase” of ...
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Respiratory infections before the age of 2 increase the risk of early death
Children who contract respiratory infections before the age of two are more likely to die early in adulthood, according to ...
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Asthma: “I had to change lanes and leave Paris, my native region”
Laeticia has had severe asthma for five years but shortly after the diagnosis, the patient was forced to retrain and ...
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Respiratory diseases: what if wifi could soon help detect them?
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence capable of detecting certain respiratory diseases by analyzing wifi waves. THE ESSENTIAL 7% of ...
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Covid-19, flu: smokers would be more at risk
An American study has observed that smokers are more likely to contract a viral infection due to a coronavirus or ...
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Covid, flu or bronchiolitis: make the difference in a sick child
With the return to school and nursery, it is good to be able to differentiate the respiratory diseases of the ...
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Pollution and respiratory problems: the car, the main cause
It is commonplace to incriminate air pollution in respiratory diseases. What is less known is that car traffic poses a ...
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Fires in Gironde: what to do about the smoke?
People with respiratory diseases are particularly at risk from the fires affecting the country and the smoke they give off. ...
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Why do we get sicker when it’s cold?
If the viruses are present around us throughout the year, the promiscuity linked to the cold increases the risk of ...
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Suspicion of case in a Normandy school: update on tuberculosis in France
A case of tuberculosis has been detected in an adult caring for children in a school in Caumont-sur-Aure (Calvados). A ...
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“Flurona”: why has this fusion between the flu and Covid-19 been feared since the start of the epidemic?
In Israel, a pregnant woman has been admitted to hospital after contracting both Covid-19 and the flu. This co-infection, called ...
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COPD: a genetic mutation confirmed as a predisposing factor
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not only due to environmental factors, contrary to what we thought so far. THE ...
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Diarrhea: the responsible virus better identified to better get rid of it
The virus that causes diarrhea has for the first time been mapped at the atomic level, making it possible to ...
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COPD: one application reduces symptoms of asphyxia
A very disabling respiratory disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (or COPD) causes at least 17,500 deaths in France each year. ...
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Covid-19: 40% of respiratory tests are unreliable because they are too short
The routine test used to monitor patients' breathing is not entirely reliable as it can sometimes be performed incorrectly by ...
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Asthma: 33 proposals to improve care
For health professionals and patient associations, “it is time to act for better management of asthma and severe asthma”. THE ...
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Respiratory diseases: journey into the confines of the nasal microbiota
Researchers take us into the nasal microbiota, this small ecosystem where many bacteria live that can play a role in ...
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COPD: why patients’ mucus is so thick
Researchers have discovered why the mucus of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is so viscous. Eventually, their findings ...
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China: 59 people with mysterious respiratory disease
In China, 59 patients are currently suffering from a respiratory disease of unknown origin. Seven of them are in serious ...
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Cystic fibrosis: a combination of three molecules would be effective in treating the disease
The treatment would cure the most common form of cystic fibrosis. Two hundred children are born with cystic fibrosis each ...
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