Health

Cyprus has one of the highest rates of child cancer in the world, with leukemia being one of the most frequent diagnoses, according to the findings of a study presented ...

Although the national health system faces many challenges it must be preserved at all costs, the new head of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Thursday but he sounded ...

People applying for a driver’s licence will simultaneously be given the option to sign a consent form enrolling them as blood donors, under a law passed on Thursday. On ...

The main psychoactive ingredient found in magic mushrooms can significantly reduce symptoms of difficult-to-treat depression, data from the largest clinical trial ever to test the keenly-watched compound has found. The ...

Health service officials are currently carrying out an information campaign in Tsakilero, near Larnaca, warning people of the dangers posed by mosquitos in the area. According to the head of ...

Private doctors with practices within hospital contracted with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) had their request to maintain the status quo rejected by a court on Thursday. The move was ...

Tuberculosis and HIV positive cases at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers have been screened and there is ‘no cause of concern’, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The ...

Police said on Thursday that they received warrants to exhume and conduct a further autopsy on the body of a 15-year-old, who was reported to have died from medical negligence ...

The BQ1 Omicron variant is expected to be confirmed in Cyprus, too, according to a government Covid advisor – but offered that it appears no more severe than those causing current ...

The Karaiskakio Foundation will officially begin to receive state support via the annual state budget from 2023, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday evening. Anastasiades was speaking during the event “Bone ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela announced a new neonatal intensive care unit will be built in Cyprus following a meeting on Monday with the NGO ‘Mora Thavmata’ and the state health ...

The Health Insurance Organisation – the agency running the national health system or Gesy – was on Monday expected to receive instructions to give a three-day grace period to those doctors who ...

A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee has recommended adding heavy menstrual bleeding to the list of side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna, as well as Pfizer and ...

Twenty kidney transplants are performed annually and more than 1,000 patients are on dialysis, the ministry of health announced Friday, on the occasion of ‘World Organ Donation and Transplant Day.’ The ...

THE issue of C-sections in Cyprus reared its head again recently during a discussion at the House and on every occasion, it seems the number of women opting for this ...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) said on Thursday they are currently assessing a bid by a foreign investment fund to acquire a second major hospital in Nicosia, ...

Global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million average daily cases by February next year from the current 16.7 million daily driven by the northern hemisphere’s winter ...

Early diagnosis and prevention are the most important tools in treating breast cancer, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday, urging women and men to regularly check their breasts. ...

EU regulation on serious cross-border health threats and strengthening the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) gave the European ...

A 24-year-old cycled around the entire island in just one day over the weekend to raise funds for thyroid cancer. The incredible feat, accomplished by Alexandros Agrotis, began from Deryneia ...

L’Oreal has been sued by a Missouri woman who alleges she developed uterine cancer as a result of using the French cosmetic company’s hair-straightening products. The lawsuit, filed ...

Inpatient wards at Polis Chrysochous Hospital will reopen in January 2023, following decisions taken by the government, presidential candidate and Disy party leader Averof Neophytou said on Sunday during a visit ...

Vaccines are one of humanity’s most effective weapons against a rising number of illnesses, helping to safeguard public health, director general of the health ministry Christina Yiannaki said on ...

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 ...