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Flu epidemic hits France as jab fails to work

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:01:00 +0100

A flu epidemic has taken hold in France after the number of infections increased sharply over the past two weeks and will continue to rise. The spread of the virus has been aided by the inefficiency of this year's flu jab.

Mystery illness strikes scores of French pupils

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:05:00 +0200

Hundreds of French school children have fallen victim to a mystery sickness that has spread like wildfire through their school. All classes have been suspended and baffled health authorities have advised the school to close, while they try to determine the cause of the outbreak.

23-year-old dies in deadly French flu epidemic

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:48:00 +0100

The shock death of an athletic 23-year-old man from the flu virus has intensified anxieties in France on Thursday, as the country enters the fourth month of a deadly epidemic.

Son kept dead mum's body in cellar for a year

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:42:00 +0200

A 23-year-old man has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after police discovered he had kept the corpse of his dead mother in the cellar for a year.