5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (624+ words) LifeLine Europe helps English speakers call emergency services, share medical details in French and access offline safety tools while travelling A British man living in rural Mayenne has launched a mobile app designed to help English speakers contact emergency services…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (589+ words) Normandy department becomes the first place in France to dispatch defibrillators by drone, aiming to speed up cardiac arrest treatment and save lives Seine-Maritime has become the first department in France where defibrillators can be delivered by drone to people…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1158+ words) Mosquito control operations are taking place across parts of south-west France after an outbreak of more than 20 locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya in the region. The disease is usually associated with tropical and subtropical regions but the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (973+ words) Swarms of so-called ‘field bugs’ (punaises des champs) have been reported in different parts of France for many years - but 2026 has seen exceptional numbers with insects blanketing house fronts, terraces and even bedroom walls in several areas. The invasions usually…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (685+ words) Illness is no longer classified as psychological France’s health insurance scheme has updated its classification of chronic fatigue, no longer referring to the illness as a “psychiatric or psychological disorder,” on its website. The update to the information page on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (780+ words) France's medicines safety agency has launched a pilot scheme that could see dozens of widely used drugs - including household names such as Dafalgan and Efferalgan - kept for twice as long as is currently permitted, in a bid to cut waste,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (547+ words) Peter Culpin explains how he chose a clinic for his ill cat, weighing online information, trust, kindness and clinical care Living in another country teaches you that assumptions are easy to make and misconceptions are hard to shake. The longer…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (519+ words) City plans to treat dangerously hot homes as unfit for habitation, giving tenants new protections against heatwave overheating Lyon has become the first city in France to call for excessive indoor heat to be considered when assessing whether a home…...