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KEELPNO: Flu Deaths Rise to 36 After 10 More Lives Claimed in Past Week

The death toll has risen to 36 after the flu claimed the lives of ten more people over this past week, data from the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) showed on Thursday. KEELPNO recorded 168 serious cases since...

KEELPNO: New HIV Diagnoses in Greece at Lowest Level in 5 Years

According to figures released by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) on Monday, new diagnoses of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are at their lowest levels in years. During an event at Athens University for World AIDS Day,...

Council of State Rules in Favor of KEELPNO Board Members Forced to Resign

This past May, Greece's Alternative Health Minister Pavlos Polakis forced three members of the managing board of the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) to resign. On Tuesday, the Council of State ruled that Polakis' actions were illegal...

KEELPNO Dismisses Rumors of Ebola Case on Greek Ship

Greek port authorities were alarmed on Monday afternoon due to a suspected Ebola case on a ship which would be arriving in Piraeus at 5:30 pm. According to information released by the Greek Mercantile Marine Ministry, tanker “MAGDA P” was performing...

Four More Men Found HIV Positive by KEELPNO

The long HIV infected victim list is unfortunately increasing, as four more men were found infected by the AIDS virus. The tragic data was announced by departing Minister of Health Andreas Loverdos during a TV show. The most disturbing thing...

Three More HIV-Infected Prostitutes Found in Athens by KEELPNO

Three more prostitutes, two of whom are Greek, were found to be HIV positive during Greek  Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) searches in Athens brothels. The HIV carriers were women who work as prostitutes in the center of...

Greek Doctor and Philanthropist who Founded MDM Greece Dies

Theophilos Rosenberg, a Greek physician who was the founder of "Doctors of the World," or MDM Greece, passed away on Thursday.

Epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras is Greece’s Person of the Year for 2020

Sotiris Tsiodras, the epidemiologist who took Greeks by the hand this year, informing them about Covid-19 and giving the sad daily tally of the virus on TV during the first wave of the pandemic, is Greece's Person of the Year...

Sotiris Tsiodras is the Most Popular Greek

Sotiris Tsiodras, the soft-spoken epidemiologist who serves as the Director of the Infectious Diseases Committee, is the most popular Greek personality during these coronavirus times. In an opinion poll conducted by Marc for Alpha TV and published on Wednesday, 94.6...

The Scientist All Greeks Listen to in the Coronavirus Era

Greece is likely going through its most trying period since the Civil War, as the invisible enemy called COVID-19 is inside the bodies of many Greeks and no one knows how many will finally succumb to the deadly coronavirus. Usually,...

Greek Health Authorities Report Four Deaths, 47 Cases of West Nile Virus in One Week

Greek health authorities expressed concern once again on Thursday about the spread of the West Nile Virus across the nation, as four people lost their lives and 47 new cases were reported in one week. The total number of deaths...

Greek Parliament Rescinds Immunity for Former Minister Polakis

The Greek parliament on Wednesday voted to rescind the parliamentary immunity of former minister Pavlos Polakis, who has been accused of illegally recording a private telephone conversation with Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras. Polakis, a controversial deputy Health Minister...

Seven More People Die From Influenza This Week in Greece

Seven more citizens died from influenza complications last week in Greece, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (KEELPNO) latest figures, published on Thursday afternoon. A total of one hundred and eighteen patients have succumbed to the...

One-Hundred Eleven Die from Influenza in Greece This Year

Twenty more citizens died from influenza complications last week in Greece, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which published its latest figures on Thursday. A total of one hundred and eleven patients have succumbed to...

Ninety-one Citizens Die of Influenza This Winter in Greece

Seventeen people died of influenza complications last week in Greece, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which published its latest figures on Thursday. A total of ninety-one people have succumbed to the flu since the...