The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had been hospitalized and was expected to make a full recovery, a spokeswoman said.
Anti-terrorism prosecutors said officers had arrested a man in connection with an explosion outside a synagogue in the southern French resort town of La Grande Motte.
She turned her diagnosis into a command to live life with passion, which led her to write a 12-page article in The New York Times and embark on a new career as a public speaker.
In Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon, long mired in poverty and despair, recruitment of Hamas militants is on the rise and the atmosphere of degradation has given way to defiance and celebration.