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HMPV, a common respiratory virus causing cold-like symptoms, is surging in China. Experts urge calm, highlighting it usually causes mild symptoms and can be managed with common preventive hygiene measures.

Health insurance premiums in Greece are set to rise again in 2025, sparking political debate. Meanwhile the public awaits the Competition Commission's probe into market practices.

Intense rainfall from storm Elena in Greece's Attica region caused flooding, sewerage overflows, road closures, and renewed finger-pointing over the region's inability to manage heavy downpours.

According to the data of the new European Social Survey, our country is the worst in Europe in regards to mental health issues and there is a direct correlation between these issues and social inequalities.

Researchers in Siberia discovered a juvenile mammoth, preserved for over 50,000 years in permafrost, offering rare insights into the species' life and environment.

The presence of wolves on Taygetus has been confirmed by the Environmental Organization for Wildlife and Nature 'Callisto', following the killing of 40 goats and a shepherd dog in mid October.

Greece’s ‘Pharos’ AI factory, one of the EU’s first, will serve as a hub of research for the wider region.

Less than half of Greeks reported that they live in a smoke-free home.

"The implementation of partial transplants in Greece, whether through living donor liver transplants or reduced-sized grafts, expands the possibilities for liver transplantation in our country," the Greek Health Minister noted

The detection of bird flu among poultry in the neighboring country of Bulgaria has Greek authorities on high alert.

The prime minister reported that Greece had 9,101 fires this year compared to 7163 last year.

Some scattered clouds are expected in parts of Central Macedonia, Thessaly, Central Greece, Evia, the Sporades and Crete

Prize awarded for work on how institutions are formed and how they affect differences in prosperity

37 professors and lecturers from the Technical University of Crete rank among the top 2% of scientists worldwide

The mission to the South Pole is due to depart this fall

Forensic investigator José Antonio Lorente confirmed that the DNA from the explorer's remains buried in Sevillle's Cathedral belonged to Columbus and compared it with that of his known relatives

The northern lights were visible across many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and even Greece, due to a severe (G4-level) geomagnetic storm.

Temperatures in Greece will climb up to 33 degrees Celsius on Friday, with a slight drop expected over the weekend.

On world mental health day, experts point to ongoing gaps in the Greek mental health care system.

The three scientists were awarded for their pioneering work in protein design offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.