Health

"Face Equality Day," marked annually on May 19, highlights the stigma attached to millions of people around the world toward those born with facial differences and serves as a reminder that everyone should be treated fairly, no matter what...

Churches in Greece opened their doors to the faithful for Divine Liturgy on Sunday, after being closed for two months because of the coronavirus threat. However, each church's operation will be accompanied by the observance of the required health protection...

The Greek government on Saturday decided to have restaurants and cafes open for business on May 25, following the approval of the Health Ministry's Infectious Diseases Committee. The opening of the particular businesses comes one week earlier than the originally...

Beaches across Greece have flooded with people again on Sunday, on the third day of the heatwave that had meteorologists perplexed over how early in the season temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some areas. On Saturday, 515...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Mykonos was Greece's bonafide party island. On Friday night, staying true to the spirit of the island, locals defied the order that allowed for small gatherings only and threw a big beach party, complete with...

Malls and shopping centers across Greece will open again on Monday, after infectious disease specialists gave the "green light", at the request of the Ministry of Development and Investment. Big shopping centers were scheduled to reopen on June 1st initially,...

Three patients succumbed to COVID-19 on Friday in Greece, bringing the total number of fatalities from the virus to 160. A 73-year-old woman died at Nimitz Hospital and a 57-year-old at Evangelismos Hospital. A 37-year old man also died in...

Greece's response to the coronavirus pandemic was lauded in a report in the UK's Financial Times on Friday. The British paper says "Greece has so far been a rare coronavirus success story... With just over 2,744 confirmed cases and 152 deaths...

Greece took delivery of 200,000 antibody tests from US medical device developer Abbott Laboratories on Thursday. Abbott’s system, which has already been used in reference labs, hospitals and academic medical centers, was touted last week by University of Washington researchers...

Greek doctors have carried out a new treatment called "plasma transfusion therapy" for the very first time in Greece to patient who are seriously ill with COVID-19, it was announced on Thursday. The therapy was performed on two patients at Attikon...

Excited sun worshippers throughout the nation of Greece are anticipating, perhaps as they never have before, the official opening of beaches throughout the country on Saturday, May 16. On Wednesday, the government received a plan from its Committee of Scientists...

The European Commission agreed on Wednesday to advise member states to open their borders to countries with similar coronavirus risk profiles under a plan to bolster the ailing tourist industry. Among the recommendations proposed by the European authorities are those...

Greek health authorities confirmed late on Tuesday that two migrants in a temporary refugee accommodation facility on the island of Lesvos have tested positive for Covid-19. The facility, which was leased by the Ministry from a local owner, is being...

Reflecting the resounding success Greece has had in containing the spread of the coronavirus, travel to and from the island of Crete will resume on May 18, which is earlier than expected, according to Nikos Hardalias, Civil Protection Deputy...

Out of all the gestures of greeting used until recently around the globe, the handshake is the most widely used. The first nearly-universal way of greeting someone, which was first portrayed in the arts of ancient Greece, has been...