Owners lend second homes so sick children in France get a holiday We look at the charities matching holiday home owners with struggling families
Why these French cheeses are not recommended to young children Two young children were hospitalised with severe food poisoning in December
Scheme sends clowns to cheer up children in hospital in France New volunteer clowns are trained by professionals before interacting with children and their families
news Boy, 16, compensated in France after mother’s exposure to glyphosate It is the first official acknowledgment of a link between the pesticide and prenatal damage
Medicine shortage: antibiotic stocks in France may be low until spring Supply problems with amoxicillin and paracetamol have highlighted reliance on chemicals from China and India
French health authority approves vaccination of five to 11-year-olds Vaccination should, however, remain voluntary for 5.4 million children in this age group, says the Haute Autorité de Santé
Children in France prescribed too many medicines, says new study France has one of the highest levels of drug consumption in Europe, study finds, with half of children aged under two taking more than nine medicines per year
French Covid study: Kids less contagious than adults Children are less likely to be contaminated or to contaminate others with Covid-19, a French study of 605 children under the age of 15 has shown.
First child dies in France from ‘Covid-linked’ illness A nine-year-old child has become the first person to die in France from an illness similar to Kawasaki disease, which doctors believe may be related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19.
Film star Johnny Depp visits French kids’ hospital American actor Johnny Depp has made a surprise visit to the pediatric hospital at cancer research unit l’Institut Curie in Paris, meeting sick children and teenagers; and doctors, nurses, and researchers.
The role of the school nurse and (rare) doctor Children are unlikely to escape illness during their school years so it is useful to know what health services are available. Dr Marianne Barré, is the general secretary of the school doctors’ union, the Syndicat National Des Médecins Scolaires et Universitaires, and explains procedures during schooling to Jane Hanks
French parents seek €4m for children’s lifesaver trial A couple from Île-de-France are seeking to raise €4m to allow their two young children to take part in a clinical trial that may improve or cure the fatal neurodegenerative condition from which they suffer.
Tours hospital uses horses as therapy for children Children with learning difficulties in Tours are getting the chance to work with horses as part of their treatment and therapy.
1 in 4 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» still do not trust vaccinations One in four Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» still do not trust vaccinations, despite the forthcoming bill to make them compulsory, and their proven effectiveness, says a new study from Public Health France ( Santé Publique France ). Labrador Tag Feed
