HEALTH

Patra authorities address meningitis concerns ahead of Carnival bash
NEWS

Health authorities in the western port of Patra on Thursday sought to assure the public that a small cluster of meningitis cases at the city’s university is being dealt with and should not put off revelers hoping to join the country’s biggest Carnival festivities this weekend.




Expert points to measles to stress need for vaccines
NEWS

Vaccine skepticism is expected to have an adverse impact on the country’s overall inoculation program and public health, warned Sotiris Tsiodras, the head of the Hellenic Society for Infectious Diseases. 



Health Ministry seeks to entrench personal doctors
NEWS

Determined to entrench the institution of personal doctors, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced changes on Wednesday, in line with the standards set by other European countries and the World Health Organization.


Obesity a hefty time bomb hovering above Greece
SOCIETY

The Health Ministry is reportedly preparing a special program for obesity, as citizens and many doctors still do not consider it a disease and do not take targeted measures to deal with it. The program will focus on prevention, early diagnosis and treatment with free follow-up by a nutritionist and other professionals.