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The four-year-old girl who was transferred to Israel with Strep A infection has shown slight signs of improvement, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela told the Cyprus...
UK to stop publishing Covid R number as cases fall
Britain will stop publishing the Covid-19 R number that measures how quickly the disease is spreading among the population, saying on Monday it was not...
Man gets wife’s kidney in special transplant for incompatible blood groups
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....
New mental health centre will ‘improve the lives of patients’
The creation of a new mental health centre, based on modern psychiatric care principles will improve the lives of patients as well as health workers,...
Patient numbers in hospitals rising
Experts on Wednesday expressed concern as hospitals remain at high occupancy rates with many patients being admitted for respiratory illnesses. Admissions are rising in the...
Medical device makers drop products as EU law sows chaos
Nicola Osypka’s German company has been selling medical devices used in surgery on newborn babies in Europe for decades, but new European Union rules have...
Health ministry issues Strep A advice after rise in EU cases
The health ministry on Thursday published information on Streptococcus type A infection in light of recent child deaths in the UK, but clarified that similar...
HIO paying extortionate rates on medicines, MPs hear
The HIO is paying extortionate rates on medicines, far more than the government used to before the rollout of the national health system, it emerged...
Pandemic was setback to reaching HIV targets, minister says
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic among other factors has delayed efforts to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Thursday. Despite this,...
Okypy expects small surplus next year, MPs told
The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday that it will generate a small surplus next year, following an uptick in revenues – and...