Health

Greek authorities' decision to recommend a second COVID-19 booster shot for individuals over thirty was criticized by a leading health specialist on Friday. The current recommendation for a second booster shot for people aged 30 to 59 who do not...

Dr. Anthony Fauci tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, but the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden's chief medical adviser is said to be experiencing only mild symptoms. Fauci, already among the...

Greece ranks in the top third in the whole of the European Union in terms of "healthy life years," according to a new study. This is quite a notable feat for a population with one of the highest smoking...

On Monday, pop star Justin Bieber updated his fans regarding a rare condition that has left him with facial paralysis. Bieber revealed on Friday that he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a rare disorder that is linked to...

It is believed that more than two thousand years ago, Hippocrates, the father of medicine, discovered the active ingredient in aspirin.

On Wednesday, Greece's health authorities confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country. According to the Organization for Public Health (EODY) a man who had previously traveled to Portugal has—upon the first examination—tested positive for the virus after seeking...

As of June 1st, the use of masks is no longer required in much of Greece, but there are still some places where people must wear a face covering in the country. For example, masks are required both for taxi...

A fourth dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 will likely be necessary, especially for vulnerable groups, Greece's Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Monday. Speaking on SKAI television, he said that the government and his counterparts in Europe envisaged something...

The outbreak of monkeypox is unusual but “containable,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, confirming 131 cases in nineteen countries where the virus is usually nonexistent. That number is still expected to rise, but experts say the overall...

A British tourist and his partner in Greece are suspected of having the first cases of monkeypox in Greece. The rare infection has been spreading throughout Europe and the Americas since it was first diagnosed in the UK in...

Cases of monkeypox, a rare and often mild infection, have spread across to multiple continents after first being reported in the UK in early May. As of Friday, there have been cases reported in the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium, France,...

The cultivation of cannabis in Greece for pharmaceutical purposes is now legal, as it was legal until 1936, the year it was prohibited

Face Equality week May 17 to 24 Face Equality is a global campaign to highlight the issues facing people with facial differences.

Covid certificates and proof of negative testing are being suspended for accessing indoors spaces and outdoors seating in Greece.

Greek health authorities are on alert following a mysterious spike in cases of acute hepatitis in children around Europe. Cases of the illness that causes liver inflammation have been recorded in the UK, where authorities have been investigating 74 cases...