Health

A campaign to promote breastfeeding in Cyprus was launched by the health ministry on Saturday. The campaign aims to inform about the benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and ...

US health regulators on Friday estimated that BQ.1 and closely related BQ.1.1 accounted for 16.6% of coronavirus variants in the country, nearly doubling from last week, while Europe expects them to ...

Polis Chrysochous residents have postponed a gathering planned for Saturday to protest against the downgrading of their local hospital. Mayor of Polis Chrysochous, Yiotis Papachristofi, has repeatedly made the case ...

The health ministry on Friday announced two Covid-19 deaths and 2,755 positives for the past week, while there are 42 people in hospital categorised as Covid-19 patients. The deaths, both men – aged 73 ...

Plans to open a new accident and emergency department specifically for children at the Makarios children’s hospital have been changed, as it was decided that it will now be ...

The state health services (Okypy) has vowed significant spending on the national health service Gesy with a projected €250 million for 2022-2024, while also acknowledging complaints and the need to constantly ...

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Covid-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one. The WHO’s emergency committee first made ...

The public service commission has suspended director of Veterinary Services Christodoulos Pipis for three months. The reason is the instances of Brucellosis found in cattle in a Larnaca livestock farm, ...

The Health Ministry on Wednesday announced a change in opening hours of Covid-19 vaccination centres across the island from Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in an effort to improve the service offered to ...

Most patients with COVID-19 who have lingering symptoms at 12 months are likely to still have symptoms at 18 months, new data suggest. The findings are drawn from a large study of 33,281 ...

Amidst reports that teachers were seen smoking at high schools, state secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek on Thursday said all faculty has “fully complied” with the legislation. The education ministry ...

Doctors suspended from their work over medical negligence investigations in the death of a teen should not be victimised, the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) said on Saturday. In a statement ...

Diving accidents recorded a significant increase in recent years, with most people involved developing decompression sickness and requiring oxygen therapy, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Friday. Accidents have ...

Oxygen supplies for patients needing home oxygen therapy will only be available on prescription through Gesy’s IT system from January 1, 2023, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said in a statement ...

Surrogates, egg trafficking, IVF funding, and the dangers from illegal fertility clinics in the north prompted MPs at the House health committee on Thursday call for an investigation, given the ...

Cyprus is among the countries with the highest rates of childhood obesity in the EU, MPs heard on Thursday during a session of the House health committee. They were told ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) has taken all the necessary steps for the smooth operation of Makarios children’s hospital, a spokesman said on Thursday as medical personnel were protesting ...

Data unveiled on Thursday showed GSK’s GSK.L respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine was 82.6% effective in a keenly watched late-stage study involving older adults. RSV is a leading cause ...

Limassol general hospital has received a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, Disy MP Charalambos Pazaros announced in a press release on Tuesday. The MRI machine, acquired at a cost ...

Limassol hospital’s long-standing request for an MRI machine has finally come to fruition, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Tuesday at an event inaugurating the new equipment. Costing €2.4 million, the ...

Shanghai and other big Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, have ramped up testing for COVID-19 as infections rise, with some local authorities hastily closing schools, entertainment venues and tourist spots. Infections ...

Losing weight is something that would probably make an overweight person happier. However, sometimes the process can be too slow to the point you feel like giving up and sometimes ...

The new head of the embattled Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Monday they are committed to tackling all outstanding issues affecting the agency, beginning with their budget for fiscal ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Monday underlined the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), urging everyone to familiarise with the practice. He spoke ahead of “World Restart A Heart Day”, an ...