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Mental Health nurses on two-hour strike
The mental health nurses will proceed with an impromptu two-hour strike between 12.00 and 14.00 due to the situation at the Athalassa Hospital...
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Public health needs to shape up, report by auditor-general finds
The lax financial management of public health bodies came under scrutiny on Thursday, as highlighted in a report by the auditor-general on the...
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Cyprus-Israel expand health cooperation
Cyprus and Israel seek to widen their health cooperation when dealing with emergencies and natural disasters, including organ transplantation and...
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Reimposing masks indoors unlikely, says Health Minister
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela expressed his concern on Wednesday over the rising number of people testing positive for Covid-19, adding...
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Cyprus-Israel pledge closer cooperation on health issues
Cyprus and Israel agreed on Tuesday to further bolster cooperation on health issues, including the transfer of patients, medical personnel and...
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Health minister says improvements on the way at Larnaca hospital
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said some issues are yet to be solved at Larnaca general hospital after he visited the facility on Monday,...
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Our View: Doctors union has reminded health authorities who is really in charge
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), the State Health Services (Okypy) and the minister of health were served a reminder of who is in charge...
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Healthy life years for men and women
According to Eurostat statistical data, in 2020, the number of healthy life years for men and women in Cyprus was slightly below the European...
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Tyre blaze ‘did not endanger’ public health
Authorities are reassuring residents of the Vassiliko region that human health has not been put at risk from the fire at a storage area for...
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Ministry of health issues monkeypox guidelines for public
In a statement, the ministry of health said no case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Cyprus and infection risk is assessed as moderate for...
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Health Ministry issues monkeypox viral disease info, provides contact phones
Cyprus is not among the countries that have reported outbreaks of the monkeypox viral disease but the Health Ministry has nonetheless warned that...
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Monkey pox arrival in Cyprus unavoidable, health ministry says
The first confirmed case of monkey pox in Cyprus is simply a matter of time, according to the health minister’s communications...
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Covid still here, warns health ministry ahead of long holiday weekend
People should still maintain individual protection measures against covid-19, the health ministry said, noting that new variations of the...
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Book outlines how to age healthily
It’s all about balancing good nutrition, maintaining flexibility and wellbeing, the author of a new guide tells Alix Norman Age may be...
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Coronavirus: Ministry of health to operate nine testing sites on Saturday
The ministry of health will operate nine sites for rapid tests around the island on Saturday. While mass testing is a thing of the past, the...
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Health Ministry asks consumers to be alert on World Food Safety Day
In an announcement on World Food Safety Day, the Health Ministry is asking both professionals of the Food Chain and consumers to be alert so that...
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Health Minister to Athens for repatriation of Zeta’s remains
Health Minister Michael Hadjipantelas flew to Athens this morning to arrange for the repatriation of the remains of late Labor Minister Zeta...
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Mitigating the health effect of dust in the atmosphere
During an event on Tuesday 31 May, the first results of the clinical studies of LIFE MEDEA program were presented. The MEDEA project, which is...
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Government focus on ‘healthy ageing’ strategy
Healthy ageing and plans to create a national strategy for the health of elderly members of society were the focus of a health ministry...
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Provision of medicines still a thorny issue for Cyprus’ general health scheme
Three years after its introduction the island’s general health scheme (Gesy) has become the property of society but organized patients say the...