Health

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

‘For Gesy to continue, there need to be changes’ Mistakes were made while introducing the largest reform to the health system through Gesy’s implementation, and deeply rooted changes need ...

Up to 4000 microplastics per square meter were detected on Cyprus’ coasts, the non-governmental research centre, AKTI, announced on Thursday. The announcement, on the occasion of International Oceans Day, came at ...

The association of physiotherapists went on a four-hour work stoppage on Thursday, from 9am until 1pm, over disputes with state health insurance organisation (HIO). In its statement, the association said ...

The Telethon 2023 month kicked off on Wednesday in support of people with neurological and genetic problems. According to an announcement, the telethon was launched by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology ...

The health ministry condemned on Wednesday a report by an HIV positive woman, who accused doctors of writing on the cover of her newborn’s health booklet that the mother ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday it would allocate 1.23 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to mental health initiatives across the 27-member European Union and make mental health a pillar of health policy. “...

European regulators have approved the region’s first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes thousands of hospitalisations and deaths annually. The shot, called Arexvy, is made by British ...

Doctors are charging patients arbitrarily, watchdog says By Iole Damaskinos Complaints are on the rise from state healthcare (Gesy) patients about specialists and personal doctors charging increased fees. According to ...

Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc MRNA.O and Merck & Co MRK.N (known as MSD in Europe) reduced the risk that the most deadly skin cancer ...

Covid-19 prevented the adoption of quality checks within the national health scheme, an issue the new government plans to tackle, Health Minister Dr Popi Kanari said on Thursday. There is ...

European University Cyprus on Tuesday announced that its school of medicine has joined the VERDI project, a “Horizon Europe” project that prioritises vulnerable populations, including pregnant women, children and other ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Tuesday assured she would act as a mediator to solve the issues raised by the Cyprus physiotherapists’ union in an effort to postpone a planned ...

Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest rates of children with unmet medical needs in the EU according to data released by Eurostat. But unmet medical needs for dental ...

As medical centres increasingly come under attack from hackers, Europe is bolstering protection. By Tom Cassauwers Amid the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2021, the Irish healthcare system’s computers were breached ...

Screening for prostate cancer will soon be offered systematically to men through the general health scheme to help prevent the disease, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Prevention is a ...

Brussels has agreed with Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) to amend a COVID-19 vaccine contract, cutting the number the EU must buy and pushing the delivery deadline to 2026, ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Wednesday that €5 million would be given to upgrading medical equipment at hospitals, out of a total €74.1 million earmarked to upgrade the national health scheme (...

Patients with metastatic breast cancer in Cyprus have a better survival rate than the international average, a report compiled by the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre revealed on Wednesday. The ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari expressed Cyprus’ readiness to collaborate with the World Health Organisation (WHO) partners in safeguarding health and prosperity of citizens on a global level. Speaking during the ...

Richer countries should be asked to better pull their weight in helping the world cope with pandemics, according to a new draft of a treaty being negotiated at the World ...

Medical experts and cancer patients alike hope to see new and innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the disease on the island with the inauguration of the Nicola David-Pinedo Cyprus ...

Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, ...

One of the biggest challenges in Gesy is clamping down on abuse in the system and ensuring quality services are offered to patients, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Thursday ...