Health

The names of Dr. Albert Bourla, Dr. George Yancopoulos and Dr. Menelas Pangalos, all pioneers in the desperate campaign against the coronavirus in 2020, will go down in history for their work, carried out in the face of almost...

The campaign to get a coronavirus vaccine distributed around the nation and the world has begun with both American and United Airlines flights landing in South America as part of a test run late last week. According to industry sources,...

The US pharmaceutical firm Moderna filed for Food and Drug administration approval for its coronavirus vaccine on Monday, just several days after its rival, Pfizer, sent its own vaccine to the FDA. If the emergency authorization is granted, vaccinations could...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on Monday of a slight improvement of the situation in terms of the pandemic and indications that the pressure on the national health system in northern Greece is gradually subsiding. While addressing a virtual Cabinet...

For the first time in history, a Greek scientist has been named a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Nektarios Tavernarakis, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and...

Greece announced on Monday the first locally-produced rapid antigen test for the novel coronavirus, in a development hailed by the Development Ministry as a “major success.” A part of a 2.9-million-euro research program funded by the Ministry, the test, which...

A total of 98 people died in the past 24 hours in Greece from complications from the novel coronavirus, according to the latest figures released by the Greek Public Health officials. 603 patients with COVID-19 are now being intubated across...

A truly miraculous story took place earlier this week in Greece's hospital of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, where the oldest hospitalized patient with COVID-19 in the country not only recovered but broke a national record too! According to Greece's...

At least twenty-one members of the Greek Parliament have expressed their will to work on a voluntary basis for Greece's National Health Service (NHS), known in Greece as ''ESY'' to help fight the ravaging second wave of the coronavirus...

Another grim record broke on Saturday in Greece, as the country recorded its highest death toll in a period of 24 hours since the beginning of the pandemic. A total of 121 people died in the past 24 hours, with...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the coronavirus-ravaged port city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia on Saturday, where he urged people to get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as it becomes available. ''It'll be free-of-charge, it will not be mandatory but...

One in three respondents of a survey conducted in Greece say they will not voluntarily be vaccinated against Covid-19, despite the vaccine being made available for free when it does arrive. According to the survey by polling company Pulse on...

Greek health authorities announced on Thursday that they detected 2,018 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours throughout the country, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 99,306. They also announced that 608 patients...

Greece extends the lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 until Monday, December 7, government spokesperson Stelios Petsas announced on Thursday. The lockdown extension was expected as the number of new infections remains steadily at 2,000-3,000 cases and the deaths...

As Covid-19 vaccines will become available soon, health experts and governments worldwide are mulling whether they should be made compulsory. In liberal democracies forcing people to vaccinate is a tricky and, in many cases, unconstitutional. But, there are concerns that...