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The French government has announced it will not proceed with its plan to double the cap on medical deductibles. Health Minister Stéphanie Rist detailed the decrees about to be published and defended her strategy to contain the social security deficit, which has exceeded 21 billion euros.
France has recorded approximately 1,000 excess deaths during a recent record-breaking heatwave that swept across Europe. The fatalities were predominantly among the elderly, as temperatures shattered previous records.
France will begin to reimburse weight loss injections from June 15. This was announced by Health Minister Stéphanie Rist, saying that the state will reimburse 65% of the cost of Wegovy injections and...
Health authorities, including the WHO and French Health Minister, are addressing hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship, discussing potential mutation of the strain and the need for preparedness. Concerns also include self-isolation guidelines and debunking false claims about COVID-19 vaccine connections.
France's Minister of Health and Families, Stéphanie Rist, has outlined the contours of a refoundation bill on child protection, co-sponsored by the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin.
French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist announced new draft decrees to transfer more healthcare reimbursement costs from state health insurance to private complementary health insurers (mutuelles), particularly for dental consultations, medical transport, and less effective medications.
France's Health Minister Stéphanie Rist announced that the government will fast-track access to mental health appointments for young people, particularly those identified by national education staff.
'As of today, all close contacts of a person who tested positive for hantavirus, present in France, have tested negative, without exception,' said Health Minister Stéphanie Rist on X.
During a visit to Marseille, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist expressed support for experimenting with a supervised drug consumption facility near a health establishment. This revives a long-standing debate in France's second-largest city.
France's Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist, has submitted five decrees to social security boards, outlining measures that could significantly reduce the reimbursement rates for certain medications next year.
France is set to begin reimbursing severely obese individuals for the cost of weight-loss drugs, as announced by French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist.
French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist responded to public concerns regarding hantavirus and the potential for another pandemic, assuring that the state's reserves are sufficient.
French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist has requested an investigation into whether conditions are met for the dissolution of the Paris Departmental Council of the Order of Physicians (CDOM 75) due to financial "irregularities" and "major failures."