Who are the noroviruses, these viruses that contaminate shellfish in Brittany?
© ShutterstockThis Wednesday, January 11, 2023, the Morbihan prefecture issued an order prohibiting the collection and marketing of all shellfish ...
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Why does Brittany have a skin cancer rate three times higher than the national average?
© ShutterstockIf we listen to the old clichés about the weather, it rains (too) often in Brittany. And yet, did ...
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Why Brittany is spared from excess mortality
The increase in the number of deaths of 1.3% between 2019 and 2020 in Brittany is the lowest of the ...
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And now the “Breton” variant…
A new variant, called the Breton variant, was detected at the hospital center in Lannion, in the Côtes d'Armor. This ...
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Three times more skin cancers: watch out for the Breton sun
With 64 deaths on average each year, Brittany is the French region most affected by skin cancer, mainly caused by ...
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Coronavirus: 69 people infected in a Breton slaughterhouse
In the Côtes-d'Armor, 69 cases of Covid-19 were detected in a slaughterhouse, alerted the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Brittany on ...
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Meningitis C: a death in Brittany reminds us of the importance of the vaccine
© iStockA patient in his thirties died in Brittany in early August following a meningitis type C. The Regional Health ...
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Meningitis: a vaccination campaign launched in Dinan
In May, the ARS of Brittany will launch a vaccination campaign against meningitis B in a high school in Dinan. ...
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Meningitis: new wave of vaccinations in Dinan
In Brittany, vaccination against meningitis B is continuing. A booster injection was organized as part of the campaign targeting Dinan ...
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Meningitis: 47 municipalities targeted for vaccination in Brittany
The Brittany health authorities are launching a vaccination campaign against meningitis B. It targets adolescents aged 11 to 19 in ...
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Meningitis: two high school students infected in Dinan
The two cases were detected in the Lycée La Fontaine-des-Eaux. The relatives of the two high school students received preventive ...
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Brittany: a CP student infected with meningitis
In Pouldergat, a little girl was hospitalized for meningitis. About sixty people around him are on prophylaxis.A student from the ...
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Meningitis: the lightning death of a 5-year-old Breton girl
In Pouldergat, a little girl died of meningitis. About sixty people around him were placed on preventive treatment.A student from ...
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Death in Brittany: “Tuberculosis remains frequent”
INTERVIEW - A four-year-old girl died of tuberculosis in Brittany. According to infectious disease specialist Jean-Paul Stahl, cases remain frequent ...
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Tuberculosis in Brittany: how is screening organized
After the death of a girl caused by tuberculosis in Brittany, a screening campaign is organized. It takes place in ...
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Drinking water: why Brittany holds the palm
Brittany's drinking water has a 99.99% compliance rate for nitrates, according to a UFC Que-Chooser survey.Who would have believed it ...
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Fees: Breton doctors are resisting
Val-d'Izé is a village of diehards. In this Breton town, doctors practice the consultation at 25 euros. They denounce the ...
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Death of a jogger: the green algae trail relaunched
Two associations filed a complaint after the death of a jogger in an area filled with green algae. The Saint-Brieuc ...
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Drowning: Dr Jean-Lionel Bagot decorated for his bravery
On vacation in the Côtes d'Armor, the Strasbourg doctor had saved 3 teenagers from drowning. A year later, the prefecture ...
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Britons have three more melanomas than in the south
Clearer skin and because of the clouds, Bretons protect themselves less from the sun and develop more melanomas than in ...
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Brittany: La Roche-Derrien replaces its “druid” by a doctor
The mayors had made believe they wanted to hire a druid to treat their inhabitants, for lack of practitioners. They ...
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Covid-19: a new variant identified in Brittany
A new mutation of the coronavirus has been identified in Lannion and Guigamp in Brittany. In a press release published ...
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Meningitis C: less than one in two Bretons is vaccinated
After the death of a person who had contracted meningitis C, ARS Bretagne recalls the importance of vaccination against this ...
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Swine flu: a case detected in humans in Brittany
© ShutterstockAccording to the Brittany Regional Health Agency (ARS), a case of H1N2 swine flu, a respiratory disease in pig ...
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Three children from a summer camp still at Lorient hospital
During the night of Thursday to Friday, 21 children were seized with nausea and vomiting. All were in summer camp ...
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Medical desert: a fake newscast to recruit the village doctor
In Brittany, a village produced a fake newscast to recruit its future general practitioner. Without a practitioner for months, the ...
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Brittany: emergency triple therapy for children who have played with syringes
© ThinkstockThe story began on August 18. That day, two little boys aged 7 are playing on a picnic area, ...
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Merger: Carhaix hospital set an example
The plan to close the maternity ward of the Carhaix hospital gave rise, in 2008, to an eight-month labor dispute. ...
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