France faces a late-December flu peak with hospitals expected to experience high demand during the holiday season, according to new forecasts from Pasteur and Santé publique France.
François Bayrou, mayor of Pau and former Prime Minister, is hospitalized for severe flu during a nationwide influenza epidemic in France.
Thousands of French health and scientific professionals alarmed by EU plans that could weaken pesticide regulations, calling for urgent government action.
France is experiencing a botulism outbreak linked to canned fish, prompting public health warnings and product recalls.