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The author comments on the lessons learned by the French medical emergency services after the terrorist attacks in Nice and Paris, France. The topics discussed include the need for countries to prepare and to adapt emergency plans in facing multifaceted threats, the measures carried out by the French government to improve its medical capacity in facing the unexpected threats, and an overview of the history of terrorist attacks in the country.

The article reports on findings of hookworm infection in corpses found in a frozen burial site in the Altai mountains of Berel, Kazakhstan, in 1999. Two partly decomposed bodies were found in the burial chamber, a man and a woman. The woman was buried several years later. Samples from both bodies were investigated by direct examination and other methods, and found to contain hookworm eggs. The closest zone for hookworm infection is found in the shores of the Aral or Caspian sea, or in Iran. These findings confirm that the Scythe people covered large areas in their nomadic travels.