Shortages of the flu vaccine mean that 40% of those in high risk groups have still not been vaccinated according to the Athens Medical Association. The shortages have already contributed…
Concern deepens over the seismic activity in Cephalonia; a final deal for Greece is expected to be struck in the spring; the Greek state has long ignored potential European support…
For thousands of uninsured families the social welfare state isn’t collapsing but has already disintegrated with volunteer-run community health clinics their only remaining source for much needed medicines. While no…
PM Samaras portrays upcoming european elections as a referendum; Arrest warrants over Postbank scandal; More suspects in arms scandal; A million and a half taxpayers have failed to pay the…
A 66 year old unemployed and uninsured cancer patient has died after being unable to find a public hospital that would admit him for treatment according to the Metropolitan Community…
On the 1st of January 2014, a controversial health measure went into effect requiring patients to pay €25 to be admitted to Greek hospitals. Critics claim that the measure will…
Study by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge shows people from Anogia are more likely to posses genetic protection to heart disease. Despite showing the signs of serious health…
Commissioner Muiznieks of the Council of Europe presents a report detailing the ways that austerity and “reforms” imposed by the international lenders have caused human rights abuses across Europe. TPPI…
The WHO had to apologize for a report that claimed half of all new HIV patients in Greece contracted the virus on purpose to get state benefits—but the blunder obscures…
The Greek parliament on Wednesday approved a bill controlling the pharmaceutical pricing policy amidst a fresh wave of protests against austerity and reforms in the health sector. The bill which…