Écrit par DREES | 19 Décembre 2013

VIENT DE PARAÎTRE, dans la collection Etudes et Résultats, n° 861, décembre 2013


Les enfants en soins de suite et de réadaptation en 2010
Fabienne Coquelet et Hélène Valdelièvre


L’activité en soins de suite et de réadaptation (SSR) pour les enfants représente 5 % de l’activité globale de SSR. En 2010, 32 000 enfants de moins de 19 ans ont été pris en charge au...

Écrit par WHO | 19 Décembre 2013

17 December 2013 - On 15 and 16 December 2013, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, China notified WHO of two new laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus.

The first patient is a 39-year-old man from Guangdong Province. He became ill on 6 December 2013 and was admitted to hospital on 11 December 2013. He is currently in critical...

Écrit par WHO | 18 Décembre 2013

17 December 2013 - WHO has been informed of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia.

The first case is a 51 year-old female from Saudi Arabia, living in Jawf province with onset of symptoms on 20 November 2013. She has underlying chronic disease and was transferred to Riyadh for treatment in an...

Écrit par David Rivkin | 18 Décembre 2013

Controversy surrounding consumer genetic testing has come to the foreground recently with the FDA's order that 23andMe discontinue marketing its popular "personal genome service."

The genome testing service, which provided analysis of genetic markers for various conditions via a saliva-based test, has suspended sales during the regulatory review process.  Most observers see little chance...