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French hospital hit by second Ebola scare

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:13:36 +0200

A man was hospitalized in the south-eastern French city of Grenoble on Monday with suspected Ebola, the second such case in the last week.

After 17 years France's 'mad cow' probe to close

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:34:00 +0200

After nearly two decades of investigation, Paris prosecutors have recommended closing the probe into the spread of the deadly "mad cow" disease, advising that no charges should be brought. At least 27 people were killed in France by the disease at its height.

France declares war on the Tiger mosquito

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:23:00 +0200

The French ministry for health launched the country’s annual war on Tiger mosquitos this week, after the disease-carrying pest almost doubled its presence in the south of France last year.

Alcohol 'biggest cause' of hospital visits in France

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:04:00 +0100

We all know France is synonymous with good wine, but a shocking new report has found that alcohol abuse is now the leading cause of hospital visits in France. Short emergency room stays, for drunken trips and falls, have skyrocketed by 80 percent in three years.

French court rejects sick man's cannabis plea

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:20:00 +0100

A French man suffering from a muscular disease since childhood had his request to be given the right to use cannabis for medicinal reasons rejected by a French court on Wednesday. To make matters worse he was fined €300 for possession.

UK sprouts firm rejects French E.coli claims

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:02:00 +0200

A British company has distanced itself from a French minister's claims that sprouts ordered from the firm were to blame for a recent E.coli outbreak in France.