Tag: public health

ON THIS DAY: The World Health Organisation was founded (1948)

On this day in 1948, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was officially founded by the United Nations, marking a major milestone in international efforts...

ON THIS DAY: Polio vaccine breakthrough announced (1953)

A landmark announcement in 1953 On this day in 1953, Jonas Salk announced a major medical breakthrough: the successful testing of a vaccine to prevent...

Audit Office visit to A&E department reveals gaps

Cyprus’ Audit Office has released Special Report EE-EY 06/2026 detailing a surprise hospital emergency visit at the Accident and Emergency Departments of Nicosia and...

Trump climate rollback on greenhouse gases

US President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases, in what the White...

Cyprus may face second flu wave, Karagiannis warns

Cyprus could face a second wave of flu, according to Professor Petros Karagiannis, Microbiology and Molecular Virology expert at the University of Nicosia Medical...

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45-year-old Panayiota Alexandrou missing in Nicosia

Police are appealing for information to help locate 45-year-old...

Municipalities flag funding and infrastructure gaps over “Pay As You Throw”

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