KEELPNO

The flu virus (H1N1) is showing an alarming upsurge. There have been 40 fatalities due to the virus, two of which were small children, while a total of 143 people appear to be infected and have been hospitalized in...

Flu cases have been rising in Greece. Numerous Greeks are displaying suspected flu-like symptoms lately and many patients are in a critical condition in the intensive care units (ICU) of hospitals. Some of them have also passed away because...

According to the President of the Hellenic Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Dr Apostolos Armaganidis, for the first time Greece has proceeded to more than 200 ICU bed closures because of staff shortages. In the Attikon Hospital only 13 out...

Nine new West Nile virus cases were recorded last week, rising the total to 26. What mainly seems to worry experts though, is that the cases of patients with symptoms in the central nervous system have been more than doubled,...

The first cases of West Nile virus have already made their appearance  in Greece,  according to official KEELPNO figures, with Xanthi and Evros topping the list among those areas where malaria outbreaks are more likely to occur. Diseases can appear...

HIV test centers have stopped checks since last month due to a lack of funding, given that the Greek state is forced to cut down on spending costs, as the Athens Medical Association (ISA) stated on May 10. According to...

Health officials said that a flu strain sweeping the United States has reached Greece and that at least four people have died. The Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) also said that 17 people have been hospitalized. Officials...

While Greece's crushing economic crisis and brutal austerity measures have many people wondering where their next meal is coming from and cutting back on spending, the number of people selling sexual services has risen by 150 percent in two...

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 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...