Health

The health ministry of Wednesday called on the public and vulnerable groups in particular to get the flu vaccine. Administered by GPs, the vaccine is available for free. Individuals above ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said, even as more states ...

The European Union Health Security Committee said on Tuesday EU member states agreed on a “coordinated approach” to the changing COVID-19 situation, adding that included implications for increased travel from ...

An app that notifies nearby first responders in case of life-threatening events and provides guided CPR will launch in Cyprus this month, it was announced on Tuesday. The health ministry ...

Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the country ...

Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative COVID-19 test results from Jan. 5, joining a growing number of nations that have implemented similar restrictions as ...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered to provide China with “necessary assistance” to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases, but said Chinese military activities near the ...

India has suspended production at a pharmaceutical company based near New Delhi whose cough syrup was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan, India’s health minister said on ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) will appoint an investigator to examine complaints that three patients were turned away from A&E departments, its chief said on Friday. Speaking to ...

An eight-year-old is being treated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia after she was found to have a Strep A infection. According to Politis, the girl was taken to the hospital ...

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on Friday urged health ministers across the bloc to assess their coronavirus protocols and be well prepared amidst a surge in infections in China. Health ...

The Public Service Commission has reinstated Veterinary Services Christodoulos Pipis, whom it had suspended amid an investigation into an outbreak of Brucellosis in cattle in a Larnaca livestock farm. A ...

The health ministry on Thursday said it would establish a special scientific committee to study and evaluate the presence of long Covid in Cyprus. The aim of this committee is ...

The health minister will convene an extraordinary Covid advisory committee on Monday as nations impose restrictions on travellers from China amid its surge of the virus. China, undergoing up to ...

Countries are imposing or considering imposing curbs on travellers from China amid a COVID-19 surge there after authorities relaxed ‘zero-COVID’ rules. They cite a lack of information from China on ...

‘Authorities’ in the north have detected Asian tiger mosquitoes in Kyrenia after special mosquito traps were laid in some areas, local press reported on Wednesday. Media reports refer to statements ...

A state-of-the-profession review of the past year, reveals an absence of support in the working environment, burnout, understaffing, and lack of opportunities for professional development, the Pancyprian nurses and midwives ...

Two more private hospitals are set to start operating within the national health scheme Gesy in 2023, director of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Tuesday. Speaking to ...

The increase in rate of admissions for viral infections in public hospitals observed recently continues, spokesman for the state health services (Okypy), Charalambos Charilaou, told CNA on Tuesday. In particular ...

BioNTech has initiated a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of its BNT165b1 malaria vaccine candidate using mRNA technology, the German company announced on Friday. The Phase 1 trial is expected to ...

Larnaca residents are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to quality healthcare from the town’s general hospital, according to House Speaker Annita Demetriou. During a ...

A woman donated her kidney to her husband, offering him the ultimate gift of life before Christmas, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday. The operation was successfully carried ...

A €7.8 million national blood bank centre will be built in Nicosia in two years from now, the government announced on Tuesday. During the contract signing ceremony, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela ...

The Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Koap) has contributed a total of €717,900.16 to a programme aimed to instil healthy eating habits in school-aged children, the organisation announced on Tuesday. A correct ...