The Department of Education and Science presented the sleep study "Prevalence of sleep problems among children" at Rannís Science Day, which took place in Laugardalshöll, last Saturday.

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.

On Wednesday, August 7th, the Health Inspectorate in South Iceland received a notification that a group of individuals who had stayed at Rangárvellir in South Iceland in late July had subsequently developed symptoms of gastrointestinal infection.

HSU in Selfoss // Unnur Eyjólfsdóttir, head of Foss- and Ljósheimar, department of geriatrics

Earlier this year HSN in Dalvík formally received a wireless ultrasound device as a gift from the women's associations Hvöt in Árskógsströnd and Tilraun in Svarfaðardalur.

Election to Alþingi will take place on November 30th 2024.

The number of confirmed Influenza cases in week 8 was comparable to weeks 6 and 7. The majority of Influenza cases are now of type B. Clinical diagnoses of Influenza-like illness were also comparable to the previous week. The number of COVID-19 cases in week 8 was similar to the past four weeks.

The Icelandic language test for citizenship was held from 14 to 31 May. It is a pleasure to report that 90% of the 460 who took the test met the basic requirements for Icelandic knowledge for Icelandic citizenship.

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

The 15th of October is the Day of the White Star; the Day of Confrontation and Awareness for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Day is international and its purpose is to raise awareness of the issues of the blind and visually impaired, especially accessibility and the barriers to access that prevent them from living independently and being socially active.