Health minister and Okypy clash over Makarios A&E
The health ministry and the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy) have clashed over the timeframe in creating the much-needed A&E department at Makarios children’s hospital, which currently ...
Vaccination gaps in EU populations ‘must be closed as a matter of top priority’ (Updated)
Vaccination gaps in EU populations must be closed as a “matter of top priority”, the EU’s Cypriot Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides said on Friday, with Brussels recommending that ...
WHO Cyprus office slated for end of 2022
Cyprus is set to become the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) hub on the fringes of Europe, the Middle East and Asia by the end of 2022.
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela ...
Number of organ donors in Cyprus still at very low level
Cyprus has a very low number of organ donors in relation to other EU countries, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Thursday during a visit to the Transplant Clinic at ...
US life expectancy fell further in 2021 due to COVID
Life expectancy fell in the United States in 2021 to its lowest since 1996, the second year of a historic retreat due to COVID-19 deaths, provisional government data showed.
The nearly one-year ...
Cyprus and Spain to cooperate in organ transplantation
Cyprus and Spain’s Health Ministers met on Wednesday in Nicosia to discuss issues related to a bilateral cooperation in organ transplantation and the set up of a committee to ...
More aid for HIV patients
Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 15 per cent increase in the incentives paid to HIV-positive individuals who comply with their treatment regimen.
The scheme, with an initial budget of €1,980,000, started on ...
Coronavirus: Face mask mandate lifted, tests for schools dropped (Updated)
Face masks will no longer be mandatory from today, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela has announced, citing an improved epidemiological picture.
Excluded are places considered high risk, such as hospitals, nursing ...
Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe, WHO says
It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries.
There ...
Miracle drug for heart patients to be reviewed for Gesy inclusion
Secretary of the Cypriot Heart Patients’ Association, Stelios Christodoulou, has called on the Ministry of Health to speed up approval for induction into Gesy of a new life-saving drug treatment ...
Polis hospital gets cardiologist
The mayor of Polis Chrysochous, Yotis Papachristofis, welcomed the appointment of a cardiologist at Polis Chrysochous Hospital on Tuesday morning.
In an official announcement, Papachristofis stated that as of Monday, ...
Our View: Hospital staff sympathy-ploy strikes will not win over public
Public sector unions have always been strike-happy, but the two-hour work stoppage at the Limassol general A&E, which also sparked a sympathy strike by the Paphos hospital staff, ...
Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine
Moderna sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology ...
New monkeypox case detected, 18-year-old with no travel history
An 18-year-old man without a travel history has tested positive for monkeypox, the fifth case seen in Cyprus so far, the health ministry said on Friday.
The patient is being ...
Health minister boosts ties with Finland
Cyprus and Finland aim to sign a memorandum of understanding on health issues with Cypriot patients possibly being sent to the Scandinavian country for treatment after Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela’...
Withdrawal of frozen fruit
The health ministry on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of a batch of a specific frozen fruit brand found to be contaminated with Hepatitis A.
The contamination was discovered in Hungary ...
Covid roadmap to be finalised next week, concern over ‘difficult months ahead’
The government is set to finalise its Covid roadmap next week as the health ministry is concerned that Cyprus is set for a difficult autumn and winter period.
Speaking to ...
Hadjipantela in Finland for talks on public health issues
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela has travelled to Helsinki for discussions on the pandemic, bilateral cooperation and issues related to e-health.
An announcement said the visit was within the framework of ...
AstraZeneca on hunt for deals, but may not stay in vaccines
AstraZeneca may not stay in the vaccine business in the long run and is looking to buy small and mid-sized companies specialising in oncology and cardiovascular treatments, Chief Executive Pascal ...
Appointments with specialist doctors can be made online
Appointments can be booked online with 750 doctors across all areas of specialisation via a short and simple process, state health organisation (Okypy) said on Tuesday.
Accordingly, the digital transformation, the ...
UCy researchers find new strain of HIV-1
UCy researchers find new strain of HIV-1
Molecular researchers at the University of Cyprus (UCy), in collaboration with the Gregorios AIDS Clinic at Larnaca general hospital, have discovered a new ...
Fauci to step down as NIAID head, Biden’s chief medical adviser
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the chief medical adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, will step down ...
Britain to pilot using smaller doses of monkeypox vaccine to boost supply
Britain is following the United States and Europe in making the most of limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, health officials said on ...
‘No time to lose’ for getting boosted, says EU commissioner
EU member states are preparing for an expected increase in Covid cases in autumn and winter, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said in an interview for ...