General vaccinations in Iceland refer to vaccination programs organized and coordinated nationwide by the Chief Epidemiologist, in accordance with the Act on Health Security and Communicable Diseases. These vaccinations are administered by the primary care service.

The positions at the School of Education and Science are for permanently employed staff in higher education who reduce their work hours due to scientific work. This summer we plan to learn about researchers in these positions and their projects. Now it’s time for nurse Pála Sigríður Tryggvadóttir, a master’s student in health sciences and an instructor at HA.

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

In June 2022, it was agreed to advertise proposals for a coastal area plan for the Westfjords and Eastfjords. The planning proposals and supporting documents were published on the website of the Icelandic National Planning Agency and the presentation period of both proposals was from June 15 th to September 15 th.

Iceland Health was present at the conference Tengjum ríkið, which was held on 27 September 2024. At the conference, various digital service solutions introduced recently by Iceland Health were presented.

The annual re-calculations for pension payments from TR for 2023 are now available on My pages of TR and on Ísland.is. Those who received too low payments in 2023 will be refunded from TR in a special payment on June 1st.

The Icelandic Marine Research Institute (Hárannsóknastofnunin) announced on 3 July a proposal for a fish farming area in Arnarfjörður in accordance with Article 4a of the Law on Aquaculture. The presentation period was until 7 August last year.

Graduate students from the University of Iceland can now access both information about their graduation and confirm their academic record with an electronic seal inside Ísland.is.

A dashboard showing statistics on waiting for nursing homes has now been updated on the Directorate of Health's website.

In a new United Nations review conducted every other year, Iceland is now ranked 5th out of 193 countries, but was ranked 12th in 2020.