Greece has recorded its first case of West Nile virus infection of the 2026 transmission season. The patient, who is over the age of 60, developed meningoencephalitis.
Symptoms began in late June, according to Greece’s National Public Health Organization. Health...
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases are common throughout world. In Europe, however, this was not always the case. Thanks to globalization and the climate crisis, these diseases have become more and more common on the continent, and Greece is especially...
A Greek expert epidemiologist sounded the alarm about a potential increase in dengue fever cases in Europe due to climate change. Dengue is a viral infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
Addressing a public health seminar...
The West Nile cases that are reported in Greece’s Prefecture of Central Macedonia has reached the number of 60, while the reported deaths are 6.
This is what Lazaros Kyrizoglou said after a joint meeting of the local Authorities.
Mr Kyrizoglou...
Greeks and visitors alike are discovering that summer in Greece has brought a pesky problem of mosquitoes in bigger numbers because of government cutbacks in spraying programs.
Spraying in some areas has just begun, too late to get the mosquitoes...
