A pioneering study showed that Cyprus has among the world’s highest incidence rates for cancer in children with leukaemias, the most frequent. Cancer in children and adolescents epidemiology was never before examined,
Cyprus is among the leading countries to adopt the ‘right to be forgotten’ for cancer survivors, according to Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela. He spoke at the ‘Race for the Cure’ event in Nicosia, organised
While the fledgling national health system (GHS) in Cyprus is a welcome development and very popular, every Cypriot seems to imagine the modest patient contribution they are required to make somehow pays
The Health Ministry urged parents of children suffering from kidney disease to keep calm and understand why two doctors were suspended after complaints of medical negligence at Makarios hospital. They were suspended
Data collected by the Long Covid Cyprus network of patient associations from the Health Insurance Organisation showed that 29,377 people suffered from long covid symptoms. The evidence is based on two questionnaires
Health authorities will roll out a third booster shot campaign for COVID-19 on Thursday, offering the updated bivalent vaccines covering the original virus, the Omicron variant and its subvariants. From Thursday, people
International creditors have urged authorities to build on the strong prospects of the General Healthcare System by stepping up investments in the health sector and getting in foreign investors. The Troika was
The percentage of organ donors in Cyprus remains among the lowest in Europe, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said. According to figures, since 2011, 173 transplants have been carried out from living donors
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela is in Finland for exploratory talks with the ultimate goal of signing a memorandum of cooperation to send cancer patients to Finland to receive Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.
Cypriot scientists have discovered a recombinant strain of the HIV-1 virus circulating in Cyprus, collaborating with the Gregorios AIDS Clinic at Larnaca General Hospital. The discovery was made by UCy’s Laboratory of
