Aids

World AIDS Day in 2014 finds Greece on a positive note as cases have decreased this year, after a rise in HIV infections in the 2011-2013 period. A surge in intravenous drug use brought a subsequent surge of HIV infections...

The Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) has recently announced that the number of HIV infections in 2013 fell for the first time since the financial crisis hit Greece. According to KEELPNO's annual report, published earlier today, the number of new...

Theodora Hatziioannou, a Greek-American professor at Rockefeller University in New York was honored on Tuesday by the mayor of the island of Rhodes Fotis Chatzidiakos, for her research on AIDS treatment. The awarding of the world-famous scientist was held in the building...

Nine new cases of HIV that were recorded in young Cypriots from December 1, 2013 to January 20 are raising concerns in Cyprus, according to the president of the support center for HIV/AIDS patients, Stella Michailidou. Following a briefing by...

Health officials in Greece have voiced alarm over a dramatic rise in HIV infection amid steep healthcare cuts in the austerity-stricken country. Official data released by the Greek Health Ministry showed on Friday that 1,058 new HIV infection cases were...

Greg Louganis, the living legend of diving, tied the knot with his beloved partner in a romantic ceremony in Malibu, on Saturday the 12th of October. The Olympic Champion became widely known for his personal life, when he publicly...

The Court of Human Rights condemned Greece, claiming that the Greek Justice accepted as lawful the dismissal of a Greek female worker suffering from AIDS. The European Court of Human Rights condemned Greece for violation of the warranty which prohibits...

As noted in a document signed by the Secretary General for Gender Equality, Zetta Makri, which was sent to the Hellenic Parliament after a question raised by New Democracy MP Fevronia Patrianakou, "...the deadly virus was introduced in Greece...

With health care services being cut back in debt-crunched Greece, European health officials have warned that a sudden outbreak of the AIDS-causing virus HIV could become dangerous unless urgent measures are taken. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control...