The East Iceland Healthcare Authority was recognised by the Icelandic Centre for Gender Equality for the second year in a row. The balance sheet provided approval to 56 companies, 11 municipalities and 22 public entities from among the 239 participants who have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

Connecting the State is a conference held by Digital Iceland for the fourth time last Friday in Harpa. This year's conference was held in collaboration with a meeting of the Nordic Council of Ministers, where Iceland is chair.

Health insurance has set up a web service to receive aid invoices electronically. Assistance accounts include assistive devices, nutrition and diet.

Operations are being strengthened at the operating theaters in Akranes, which are already diverse and powerful with on-call services around the clock.

On Thursday 25 August, in addition to meeting with the management of the hospital in Akranes, Minister of Health Willum Þórsson visited HVE on the occasion of the formal opening of a new operating room in the hospital.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2022/2023.

Vaccination against annual influenza does not protect individuals against avian influenza, but vaccination of individuals in close contact with birds and mammals capable of contracting influenza A will minimize the risk of simultaneous transmission of avian influenza virus and annual influenza A. By reducing the risk of introduction of novel viruses that may cause outbreaks in humans.

The real estate company Þórkatla will start buying residential property in Grindavík this week, with 644 applications already received by the company.

A new issue of Talnabrunnur, a newsletter on Health Information, has been published.

The World Health Organization (WHO) raises the awareness of hepatitis virus on 28 July each year. This year the slogan is: One life, one liver, which reminds us that we only have one life and only one liver, but hepatitis can hurt both.