In 2022, the heat wave killed 15,000 people in Europe (not counting France)
© ShutterstockThe summer of 2022 was marked by abnormally high temperatures throughout Europe: this heat wave had consequences on the ...
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Asthma and COPD: 3.6 million people killed in one year
© Istock3.6 million. This is the number of deaths caused worldwide by two of the main respiratory diseases during the ...
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This summer’s heat wave killed nearly 1,500 people
© Getty ImagesThe excess mortality that accompanied the two episodes of heat wave last June and July was "moderate" according ...
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In Yemen, cholera killed 242 people in 3 weeks
© ThinkstockSince the end of April 2017, a cholera epidemic has been raging in Yemen, a country located in the ...
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Texan killed by ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria after Hurricane Harvey
© iStock PhotoHurricane Harvey, one of the most violent in the United States, hit Texas in August, causing 82 dead ...
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India: the Nipah virus has already killed ten people
© GettyImagesThe Nipah virus is fatal in 70% of cases. Without treatment or vaccine, this virus has been included by ...
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Woman nearly killed after drinking herbal tea
© ThinkstockThe 63-year-old wanted to buy comfrey leaves to prepare a remedy for insomnia. But it appears his store mistakenly ...
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Pollution killed 7 million people in 2012
© istockA fatal risk. Air pollution is the most dangerous environmental risk for health. The air we breathe is causing ...
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Dengue vaccine reportedly killed 3 people
© iStockPhotosHealth authorities in the Philippines have said that the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, marketed by Sanofi, could be linked to ...
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Pollution killed 476,000 newborns in 2019 according to State of Global Air 2020 report
According to the State of Global Air 2020 report, air pollution killed 6.7 million people worldwide, including 476,000 newborns in ...
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Flu killed 12,000 people this winter
The flu has been less fatal this year than last winter. But according to figures put forward by Public Health ...
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Flu has reportedly killed 2,850 people since October
February 1, 2018. Since October and until the first week of January, the flu would have caused an excess mortality ...
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In 2015, tobacco killed 6 million people
April 6, 2017. According to Global Burden of Disease report, published in the scientific journal The Lancet, tobacco was responsible ...
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AIDS has killed three times as many teenage deaths in 15 years
Figures published by Unicef are alarming. AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the second ...
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Particularly virulent, the flu killed 18,300 people this winter
© iStockAccording to the final report of the Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) published on May 22, the flu ...
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