Health

Patients’ rights are still not fully realised – as enshrined in the European Charter of Patients’ Rights – despite Gesy having been up and running for two years, according to discussions held ...

European countries must work harder to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further as deaths and new cases surge, the World Health Organization’s Europe head said on Thursday. Current transmission ...

By Davide Bruno, The potential long-term neurological effects of concussions and other knocks to the head in professional sport have attracted significant attention and research interest over recent years. Confirmation ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Wednesday assured that the ministry will continue to invest in policies for the prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment of diabetes through the national diabetes committee. “...

Countries to emerge from the pandemic first will have had some combination of high rates of vaccination and natural immunity among people who were infected with the coronavirus As the ...

The United States is set to roll out Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 this week and the shots could be administered as soon as ...

There are few industries that have not felt the impacts of COVID. For the dental industry, the continuing need for infection control measures constrained the operation of in-person facilities during ...

Measures have been taken to decongest the Makarios children’s hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit that has seen many hospitalisations since the beginning of the month, the state health ...

Although the overall number of influenza detections in the majority of EU/EEA countries is still low, indications show that influenza circulation is above the seasonal threshold in Croatia, which ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed 90.7% efficacy against the coronavirus in a clinical trial of children 5 to 11 years old, the U.S. drugmaker said on Friday. Sixteen children in the ...

The health services on Friday said they had withdrawn a batch of peppermint tea and dried ground mint after finding traces of pesticides. The products concerned Greek Fino brand sold ...

Americans can choose a COVID-19 booster shot that is different from their original inoculation but the recommendation is to stick with the vaccine they got first if it is available, ...

Children who contract a mild case of COVID-19 may not develop antibodies to the virus afterward, a study from Australia suggests. Researchers compared 57 children and 51 adults with mild COVID-19 or ...

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) is by the side of patients, its Chief Executive Officer said on Tuesday as he announced the pandemic had cost the island’s health service ...

Police confirmed on Monday they are investigating medical negligence related to the death of 31-year-old mother who died over the weekend following a surgery at a private hospital in Larnaca. ...

The investigation at the Apollonion hospital is still ongoing regards the post-surgery complications of eight patients, including one who died, following a cataract surgery at the health facility last year, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said he was determined to resolve the all the problems currently being faced in the operation of public hospitals. The Presidential Palace on Tuesday was ...

AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday, a boost to its efforts ...

A second nurses union on Sunday issued a warning over staffing conditions at the intensive care unit in Makarios hospital, saying it could have an impact on the care received ...

The health services organisation (Okypy)’s proposal to allocate 20 per cent of revenues stemming from potential state hospital’s afternoon operations to state doctors is now being evaluated by doctors’ ...

Since its operation in December 2018, the national health system (Gesy) help centre has responded to 727,807 queries and complaints, its director said Tuesday. Opening several months before the first phase of ...

By Kavya B and Roshan Abraham Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. ...

Israel’s Health Ministry has identified fewer than 10 cases of heart inflammation following a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine among millions administered, according to recently released data. Israel ...