The Communication Centre for the Deaf and the Hard of hearing, in collaboration with the Málnefnd um íslenskt Táknmál and the Ministry of Culture and Commerce, is offering a festival program on the Day of Icelandic Sign Language at the Reykjavík Art Museum on February 11th, 17:00-19:00.

On Saturday 29 June, from 14-17, the University of Iceland Research Center in Northwest Iceland will host the opening ceremony of the database of mediation committee books and a symposium on the work of mediation committees in Iceland in the research center’s building on Einbúastígur 2, Skagaströnd.

Due to the large increase in PCR tests in recent days, people must expect up to three days until a result is received.

The number of diagnoses of confirmed influenza was similar to the previous week. Over half of the influenza diagnoses at week 4 were of type B, a change from recent weeks.

The Icelandic Medicines Agency has decided to recall the exempted drug Theralene. The recall applies to pharmaceutical distributors, pharmacies and patients. It is an oral drops solution and contains 40 mg/ml of almemazine in a 30 ml bottle.

Applications for the Public Health Fund 2025 have been opened, and the deadline to apply for grants is October 22, 2024.

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

The thesis explores the reasons for and effects of legal recognition of Icelandic Sign Language.

The National Electoral Board has recast its instructions on the credentials of the Ombudsman with the amendment providing that information on the name of the candidate represented by the Ombudsman shall appear only on the reverse of the document.

The other day, a group accident drill was held in which responders from all over Northwest Iceland participated, but the drill was initiated by the local police.