Health
Local students created Enmeal, an innovative application promoting healthy eating with personalised meal plans and recipes aiming to improve quality of life. Heritage private school...
Patients to have say in amounts of hospital funding
Patient surveys at hospitals will be used to evaluate how much funding each one will receive from the national health scheme (Gesy) at the end...
US FDA to soon decide on second round of Omicron-tailored boosters – WSJ
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is close to making a decision on authorization of a second dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters for high-risk...
Chinese COVID data from animal market gives clues on origins
Data from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, briefly uploaded to a global database by Chinese scientists, gives crucial information on the outbreak’s origins,...
‘Not intimidated by Okypy’ says gerontologist who posted naked patient photo
No action can be taken on the patient privacy violation complaint filed by state health services organisation (Okypy) over the photo of the patient left...
A&E resources strained by wrongly referred incidents, health minister finds
Better organisation, staffing and expansion of A&E departments will be discussed in the coming weeks with the state health services organisation (Okypy), Health Minister Popi...
Streamlining ambulance services on hold – for over 20 years
Latest version of bill on ambulances gathering dust since 2019 Despite promises, the long-awaited bill regulating the ambulance services has been delayed again, three years...
‘Strengthening of Gesy highest priority for new government’
Health Minister Popi Kanari has said the new government’s highest priority is the strengthening of the national health system Gesy, which has been dogged by...
Judge ends hearing on banning abortion pill in US; no ruling made
A U.S. judge in Texas on Wednesday heard more than four hours of arguments over a request by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the...
Free dental checks on March 20
Free dental checks will be available across all districts’ general hospitals on March 20 as the health ministry seeks to raise awareness of oral hygiene....