Health

The first case of monkeypox was reported in Cyprus last Tuesday (two more were reported on Saturday), prompting a small but predictable wave of hysteria. The mother of the 40-year-old ...

Cyprus has detected two more cases of monkeypox, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the first batch of 1,260 vaccines arrived on the island. It said two men aged 20 and 30 ...

The finance ministry on Friday waded into a spat between the health insurance organisation (HIO) and the health ministry, accusing the Gesy operator of taking the health system to the ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday there were “early signs” that the monkeypox outbreak is plateauing across the country and that its expansion has slowed. “While the ...

Accept LGBTI Cyprus has said it will not allow any stigmatisation of the LGBTQI+ community after monkeypox, also detected on the island, has been referred to as a ‘gay disease’. ...

Blood donors have been urged to donate blood before their summer holidays to maintain the reserves at appropriate levels, head of the blood bank Androula Panayiotou said on Friday. Speaking ...

Monkeypox vaccines are expected to arrive in Cyprus on Saturday, the health ministry announced. A day after relatives of the first confirmed monkeypox case complained the health ministry was unprepared ...

South Africa’s health regulator reported on Thursday a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) JNJ.N COVID-19 vaccine, the ...

Chairman of the health insurance organisation (HIO) Thomas Antoniou published a letter on Wednesday evening confirming his resignation from the post as he condemned the constant and unprovoked attacks on ...

Following recent complaints over unauthorised long-Covid treatments, the patients’ association (Osak) on Wednesday called on the medical and scientific community to develop relevant protocols as it urged patients to receive ...

All close contacts of the 40-year-old man who was identified as the first monkeypox case in Cyprus on Tuesday have been found and instructed on the next steps to take ...

OPAP Cyprus has provided the younger generation the chance to speak with local role models face-to-face, to chat to them, ask them questions, and to learn from their efforts and ...

The polio virus was present in wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before health officials there announced a confirmed case of the disease last month, state health ...

People at high risk of severe disease who have yet to get a second COVID-19 booster should not wait for next-generation, Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall, five vaccine experts ...

Cyprus aspires to eradicate hepatitis by 2030, the health ministry said on Thursday on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day which is marked on July 28 each year at the initiative of ...

Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, raising concerns that it will ...

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s highest alert level, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared on Saturday. First identified in monkeys, ...

Health Minister of Lithuania Arunas Dulkys begins a two day official visit to Cyprus on Tuesday. According to a press release by the Cyprus health ministry, the visit aims to ...

The recent rise in cases of acute hepatitis among children is likely linked to a common childhood virus, two independent studies from British researchers have suggested. Countries across the world ...

Commissioner for health, Stella Kyriakidou, responded on Monday to a question raised by European member of parliament, Dimitris Papadakis on the high rate of caesarean sections performed in Cyprus, which ...

Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic BAVA.CO said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last ...

EU member states should start preparing now for a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in autumn and winter, the bloc’s health chief said on Monday, saying there had ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela called for a meeting on Monday to take stock of the latest data, as well as Cyprus’ level of preparedness in dealing with monkeypox. The World ...

Shanghai ordered residents across nine of the city’s districts and some smaller areas to do COVID-19 tests over July 26-28, the city government said on Monday, as sporadic local ...