#vaccine

Vaccine hesitancy in rich countries means ending measles as a global public health threat is not currently possible, Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview. The Microsoft co-founder turned billionaire ...

A total of 10,000 doses of the foot and mouth disease vaccine sent to the Republic by the Turkish Cypriots have been delivered and received, the north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ said ...

The veterinary services received half a million vaccines against foot and mouth disease SAT1, provided by the European Commission to help tackle the virus in the north, it was made ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website to say that claims about vaccines not causing autism are not “evidence-based.” Vaccine skeptic and U.S. Health ...

A campaign launched by Gesy is urging people to take shingles seriously and get the free vaccine. People over 60 are encouraged to understand the risks and speak with their general ...

President Donald Trump linked autism to childhood vaccine use and the taking of popular pain medication Tylenol by women when pregnant, elevating claims not backed by scientific evidence to the ...

Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday, likening the requirements to “slavery.” The ...

The Cyprus pulmonology society on Thursday urged Health Minister Michael Damianos to approve a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use Cyprus.  The society also seeks its inclusion into the ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday said he will be talking to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and ...

The health ministry has secured over 268,000 updated vaccines for this year’s and next year’s autumn and winter seasons, with the aim to protect vulnerable groups and reduce the ...

There are no cases of measles in the north, ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek said on Thursday night. Dincyurek was speaking after a total of six cases of measles were detected ...

Covid-19 and flu vaccines have not yet been administered to public, due to delays in receiving stores of the latter, Dr Christos Petrou said on Thursday. Petrou, who is a ...

Age limits for the HPV vaccine, known as Gardasil, are to be changed following a decision from the National vaccination advisory committee. New guidelines have been set for the vaccine ...

The government’s covid-19 scientific advisory team is to convene on August 29 to review the current indicators in the face of a recent rise in virus cases. Health Minister Popi ...

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 ...

As of Monday, Covid-19 vaccinations will only be administered at vaccination centres in all districts by appointment via phone. Speaking to CyBC radio, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris ...

2022 in review: Covid became endemic and we got back many of our freedoms, but it’s not over yet I wrote two dozen features for the Sunday Mail in 2022, but ...

A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee has recommended adding heavy menstrual bleeding to the list of side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna, as well as Pfizer and ...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine while launching a new push to boost the number of Americans, especially seniors, getting the shots ahead ...

Vaccines are one of humanity’s most effective weapons against a rising number of illnesses, helping to safeguard public health, director general of the health ministry Christina Yiannaki said on ...

The age limit for the administration of the booster, or 4th dose of the Covid vaccine is being reduced from Monday, the health ministry announced. The ministry said that from ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the health ministry’s recommendation to proceed with the new ‘bivalent’ Covid vaccines as booster doses for those aged 12 and above. The booster (third dose) ...

Two new Covid-19 vaccines, authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) should arrive in Cyprus by next week, Elena Panayiotopoulou, head of the state pharmaceutical services announced on Tuesday. Speaking ...

The health services are preparing to start offering the fourth coronavirus vaccine dose, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris said on Friday as the Pfizer vaccine has already arrived ...