https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/food-poisoning-linked-to-limassol-wedding-leaves-74-ill
Authorities are continuing to examine a large food poisoning outbreak connected to a wedding reception in Limassol after dozens of guests became ill....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/around-3-000-people-in-cyprus-living-with-multiple-sclerosis
Around 3,000 people in Cyprus are living with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to figures presented on Friday as part of events marking World Multiple Sclerosis Day....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thyroid-cancer-remains-one-of-the-most-common-cancers-among-women-in-cyprus
Cases of thyroid cancer in Cyprus reached 335 in 2023, according to figures from the Cyprus Cancer Registry cited by PASYKAF....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foot-and-mouth-culling-begins-in-limassol-after-new-outbreak-in-pachna
Veterinary authorities in Cyprus are scrambling to contain a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease after an active case was confirmed at a sheep and goat farm in the Limassol district village of Pachna....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/free-liver-checks-offered-in-cyprus-as-part-of-european-health-campaign
Millions of people across Europe are living with liver disease, yet many remain unaware they are affected until serious damage has already developed, according to Marko Korenjak, president of the European Liver Patients’ Association....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-passenger-from-hantavirus-cruise-ship-flown-to-athens-for-quarantine
In the ongoing story surrounding the cruise ship ''MV Hondius,'' where cases of Hantavirus have been reported, a Greek passenger has now been transferred to Athens and placed in precautionary quarantine, Greek authorities said Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/authorities-trace-passengers-who-exited-cruise-ship-before-deadly-hantavirus-cases-were-identified
Dutch authorities said a flight attendant who briefly interacted with one infected passenger in South Africa later developed symptoms and is being tested in Amsterdam....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europe-monitors-rare-cruise-ship-virus-outbreak-after-deaths-and-new-suspected-cases
Health authorities across Europe are keeping a close eye on a rare virus outbreak linked to a cruise ship after three passengers died and several others became sick during the voyage....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-risk-to-cyprus-from-suspected-hantavirus-cases-linked-to-cruise-ship
Health authorities say there is no current risk linked to a suspected hantavirus incident reported on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, according to infectious disease specialist Kostas Constantinou....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foot-and-mouth-outbreak-enters-new-stage-after-first-pig-infection
The discovery of the virus in a pig unit is changing the situation and raising new concerns about how foot-and-mouth disease may develop. So far, 84 units have been infected, with 63 in the Larnaca district and 21 in the Nicosia district...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-officers-in-larnaca-save-unconscious-tourist-with-rapid-first-aid-response
Police officers in Larnaca are being credited with potentially saving the life of a 32-year-old woman who collapsed in a public area on Thursday morning....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-records-unusually-high-thyroid-cancer-rates
A senior endocrinologist has said that thyroid cancer rates in Cyprus are significantly elevated compared with the rest of Europe, while stressing that current evidence does not connect this trend to regional conflicts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/350-400-new-colorectal-cancer-cases-reported-annually-in-cyprus
Around 350–400 people in Cyprus are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year, making it one of the most common cancers on the island. Health specialists warn that, despite these figures, the disease is largely preventable and highly treatable when identified early....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-commissioner-all-animals-on-infected-farms-must-be-culled
Farms hit by foot-and-mouth disease will have to kill all animals on site, even those that appear healthy, under strict European Union rules aimed at stopping the outbreak before it spreads further, an EU commissioner said Friday during a visit to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/authorities-urge-calm-as-foot-and-mouth-disease-measures-increase
Cyprus’ Veterinary Services are urging livestock farmers to strictly follow disease-control measures as authorities continue efforts to contain outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, one of the most contagious animal viruses....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foot-and-mouth-battle-intensifies-threatening-farms-and-food-prices
The fight against foot-and-mouth disease continues to escalate in the Larnaca district, with the situation taking increasingly worrying proportions in recent weeks. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ai-diagnosed-the-patient-before-doctors-did-and-cyprus-may-be-next
Inside the Landmark Hotel last week, conversations about healthcare sounded less like policy debates and more like glimpses into the future....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/farmers-demand-end-to-mass-slaughter-of-healthy-animals-and-push-for-nationwide-vaccination
A nationwide vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease is intensifying across Cyprus as agricultural organizations meet with President Nikos Christodoulides today to demand changes to the current strategy for tackling the outbreak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/aradippou-begins-animal-burial-and-vaccination-push
Burial operations for animals from a livestock facility affected by foot-and-mouth disease began Saturday in Aradippou, according to the town’s mayor, Christodoulos Partou. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cattle-vaccinations-completed-in-3-kilometer-zone-as-foot-and-mouth-response-ramps-up
Authorities have completed the vaccination of cattle within a three-kilometer radius of infected farms as Cyprus moves swiftly to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-lessons-of-crisis
One could reasonably say the ink has already dried on the Covid-19 crisis. Yet the lessons from it should by now have become second nature to us....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scientists-develop-‘universal-vaccine-that-could-guard-against-multiple-threats
The idea sounds almost too good to be true: one vaccine that protects against a wide range of viruses, bacteria, and even allergens....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/virus-was-spreading-for-weeks-before-alarm-raised-in-foot-and-mouth-outbreak
Authorities say the foot-and-mouth outbreak that has rattled Cyprus’ livestock sector may have been quietly spreading for weeks before anyone sounded the alarm, and now police are investigating whether warning signs were ignored....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foot-and-mouth-disease-confirmed-in-larnaca-farm-authorities-take-swift-action
Authorities have confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a cattle farm in Livadia, Larnaca, prompting immediate containment measures....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-flu-wave-in-cyprus-cannot-be-ruled-out-expert-warns
Cyprus could still experience another rise in influenza cases, according to Dr. Petros Karayiannis, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flu-a-hits-hard-across-cyprus-as-winter-viruses-circulate
Flu A is running high across Cyprus this winter, with other viruses such as RSV and adenovirus also circulating, health experts say....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/father-in-custody-over-infant-s-serious-injuries
Police in Nicosia are investigating a suspected case of infant abuse after a three-month-old baby boy was hospitalized with symptoms doctors say are consistent with shaken baby syndrome....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/allegations-of-‘ghost-surgery- surface-in-patient-complaints-to-osak
From uncovered GeSY services and pharmacy data concerns to referral delays and alleged “ghost” surgeries, a wave of complaints reached the Cyprus Federation of Patient Associations in December 2025....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seven-influenza-related-confirmed-deaths-since-start-of-flu-season
Health authorities have confirmed seven deaths linked to laboratory-confirmed influenza since the start of the current flu season, with all fatalities involving elderly patients, most of whom had underlying health conditions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/authorities-say-toxicology-results-hold-the-key-in-larnaca-death-and-hospitalizations
Police in Larnaca are investigating an unprecedented case that has left one man dead and four others hospitalized after they all consumed water from the same household water cooler within a 24-hour period....
