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241. Minister announces the end of Safepass

The Minister of Health announced this morning the additional easing of measures, one of which includes the abolition of the requirement to present a Safepass in additional venues....

242. Euthanasia: Six out of ten surveyed in Cyprus agree with legalization

The issue of euthanasia and the need for information and social dialogue in Cyprus were discussed on Monday at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights....

243. Proposal to abolish Safe pass to be submitted to Cabinet tomorrow

A proposal to lift safe pass checks will be submitted this coming Tuesday during the weekly Cabinet meeting. According to Health Minister, Michalis Hadjipantelas, experts will recommend the abolition of safe the safe pass since the numbers of Covid positive cases and hospitalizations are decreasing on a daily basis....

244. Kyriakides: 'One step closer to a European Health Union'

The foundations and backbone of the European Health Union are being laid today, Kyriakides tells CNA...

245. Protests erupt after potential US Supreme Court move to overturn abortion rights ruling

Anti-abortion activists and pro-abortion rights supporters took to the streets of Washington on Tuesday after news that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that legalized abortion....

246. Cyprus announces 9 deaths and 3,786 new COVID-19 cases for the week between April 22 and 28

Nine deaths and 3.786 new COVID-19 cases were announced by the Cyprus Health Ministry on Friday for the week between April 22 and 28, 2022. In total, 143,329 tests were carried out with a positivity rate of 2.64%....

247. Putin and Parkinson's: What do experts say?

From US Senator Marco Rubio to political science university professors to the UK tabloids, many people appear to have an intimate understanding of Russian President Vladimir Putin's health....

248. Study: Heart inflammation more prevalent among vaccinated than unvaccinated

Heart inflammation requiring hospital care was more common among people who received COVID-19 vaccines than those who did not, according to a new study of tens of millions of Europeans....

249. NIPD GENETICS announces new ForeSENTIA panel to include tumor mutational burden biomarker

NIPD Genetics announces the launch of a new ForeSENTIA tumor profile panel, Pan-Cancer Plus, which includes the analysis of the genomic biomarker Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB). ...

250. WHO is examining potential hearing problems linked to Covid vaccines

The World Health Organization is examining rare reports of hearing loss and other auditory issues following Covid-19 vaccinations....

251. EU releases €3.4B to help countries accommodating Ukrainian refugees

The European Union will release €3.4 billion in recovery funds to help countries absorb refugees from Ukraine fleeing the Russian invasion, the Commission said on Wednesday....

252. Covid infections on the rise but downward trend in hospitalizations reported

COVID-19 infections are on the rise, according to the National Surveillance Report released on Friday, however, hospitalizations are showing a downward trend....

253. UK approves first drug that prevents Covid

A first-of-its-kind drug that stops people from catching Covid has been approved in the UK by the country's medical watchdog....

254. NIPD Genetics supports the Association of Rare Genetic Diseases ''Unique Smiles''

One of NIPD Genetics’ foremost priorities is to implement awareness-raising activities to support people with common and rare diseases. In light of Rare Diseases Day, NIPD Genetics gave their donation that was collected as part of the ''Jeans for GENES- Wear that you care'' campaign. ...

255. New Vaccine Findings Pose Tough Questions for Parents of Young Children

For American parents, particularly those with young children, the last couple of months have been dizzying and beyond frustrating....

256. Molnupiravir administered to almost one thousand covid patients in Cyprus

Molnupiravir, the antiviral medication for COVID, has been administered to almost one thousand patients in Cyprus, according to Deputy Head of pharmaceutical services Elena Panagiotopoulou....

257. New cancer therapy completely destroys advanced ovarian and colorectal tumors in 6 days

A new cancer therapy has completely destroyed advanced ovarian and bowel tumors in just six days....

258. USA: First man to receive pig heart transplant dies

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday....

259. Study: Certain blood types may be more or less vulnerable to covid

Blood type doesn’t affect much in our daily lives. In fact, most people don’t even know whether they’re Type A, B, AB, or O. But the seemingly-banal detail might be a factor in who comes under the thumb of 2020’s worldwide tyrant—that is, coronavirus....

260. Kyriakides: 10,000 beds in European hospitals for sick or injured refugees

In Europe at the moment, solidarity is unprecedented. Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou, after talking to the Ministers of Health in the Member States and Moldova,...

261. 'Show this to Putin', a doctor in Mariupol says after the death of 18 month old Kirill

A man dashes into a hospital with a desperately wounded toddler in his arms, the child’s mother on his heels. Doctors use smartphone torches to examine patients’ wounds....

262. Downward trend of covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue in Cyprus

COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in Cyprus continued their slow downward trend in February, mainly in the last 15 days, according to the National Surveillance Report released on Friday....

263. New opening hours of NIPD Genetics Sample Collection Centers

264. Who is Dr. Robert Malone and what is the controversy surrounding his statements on mRNA vaccines?

Robert Malone, the self-proclaimed inventor of mRNA vaccines and a skeptic of the COVID-19 vaccines that use mRNA technology, has skyrocketed to celebrity status in recent months....

265. Possible easing of covid measures next week

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela will meet with the scientific committee on COVID Monday to discuss the situation regarding the possibility of the relaxation of measures....

266. Relaxation of measures to begin next week

New covid measures have been announced today following the meeting of the Minister of Health and the Scientific Advisory Committee this morning. ...

267. Officials keep tight lid on relaxations formula

Cypriot experts are signaling a relaxation of measures against people who are unvaccinated, but government officials maintain that any new criteria would still be based on individual risk assessment linked to vaccination status...

268. Parents told to look out for MIS-C in children with prior infection to Covid-19

Parents have been advised to be on the lookout for symptoms that may be due to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with Covid-19 and which usually appears 4-6 weeks after coronavirus infection....

269. Seven arrested over dozens of deaths in Cretan nursing home

Police on Crete arrested seven people on Wednesday in relation to the deaths of dozens of people in a private nursing home in Hania....

270. Doctor kicked out of GESY over fictitious charges

Prosecutors in Cyprus are moving forward with a case against a GESY doctor suspected of health insurance fraud, after officials found he had been racking up false claims for medically unnecessary injections...