Health

The Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) has called on the state to assist with the cost of medicines which are not covered by the national health care system (Gesy). The ...

Diabetes type 2 injectable, Ozempic, a drug not regulated by the national health scheme (Gesy) is in general shortage in Cyprus, as people rush to take part in an international weight ...

People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari called the ongoing understaffing issues at the A&E department of the Paphos general hospital “unacceptable” following a three-hour work stoppage carried out by doctors ...

Cyprus’ National Electronic Health Authority and the Health Ministry are taking strides to address electronic health issues and are holding a lecture to inform the public about the progress they ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday faces a self-imposed deadline to act before significant limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone take effect in a challenge by anti-abortion ...

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is again asking a US judge to pause tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company’s baby powder and other talc products cause ...

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is again asking a U.S. judge to pause tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company’s baby powder and other talc products ...

The introduction of a patients’ rights commissioner is among the demands of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) to assure that no one is deprived of their health rights, ...

The European ombudsman has made an initial finding that the European Commission’s failure to be fully transparent about its meetings with the tobacco industry constitutes maladministration and is demanding ...

Scientists and health professionals involved in the research and treatment of sarcomas will meet in Cyprus for a conference of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), ...

People aged over 65 who live in cities tend to feel they have better health than their age group as a whole, with the share for Cyprus being a little lower ...

Cancer vaccines will be made available in Cyprus as soon as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves them, director of pharmaceutical services Elena Panayiotopoulou said on Friday. “It is only ...

Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, a potential step forward in fighting a disease that kills hundreds of ...

The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the United States for now but with significant restrictions, including a requirement for in-person doctor visits to obtain the drug, a federal ...

A Cyprus-based private school has become the first on the island to be awarded the prestigious Carnegie school mental health award. Among more than 1,000 UK schools that signed up to ...

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain ...

The Department of Nursing of the Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) announced the launch of a two-year European programme in which it participates that will create an E-Learning Portal for ...

Doctors at a private medical centre in Limassol have asked to be given time to relocate, following a majority decision by its shareholders to be inducted into the national health ...

Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to ...

ASBIS and Lanitis Group will invest €1.2 million to help fuel cancer biotech Theramir’s growth and expand its portfolio of stem cell and microRNA-based technologies Cypriot biotech company Theramir, which ...

The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses remained on the table, more ...

The teenager hospitalised in Athalassa psychiatric facility has been transferred to the designated unit for minors, state health services Okypy announced on Wednesday. Mental health professionals had lambasted the decision ...

The EU is revamping laws governing the 136 billion euro pharmaceuticals industry aimed at reviving investment and boosting access to affordable drugs at a time when health budgets have been drained ...