The temporary appointment of Chief Epidemiologist Gudrún Aspelund to the office of the Medical Director of Health has been extended until 1st March 2025.

At the annual Research Day on October 9th, the spotlight was directed at one of the National Archives’ major research projects: the publication of verdicts and documents from the High Court in Iceland, which operated from 1573 to 1800.

In the survey Institution of the Year, which measures staff satisfaction with their workplace, the Healthcare Institution of East Iceland ranks as the highest healthcare institution on the national scale for the third year in a row.

Discussion and statistics on respiratory infections, including influenza (flu), COVID-19 and RS-virus infection (RSV).

In accordance with regulation, the fee for evaluating an application for a license to practice or a specialist license changes as follows:

The Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN) will host a Science and Education Day for the first time on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. The event will be held in the Hamrar hall at the Hof Cultural and Conference Centre in Akureyri and will begin at 12:30 p.m.

Easy-to-read material about disability pension and the new medical- and rehabilitation allowance has been published on tr.is, and this is the first time that easy-to-read material has been published on Ísland.is.

Fjóla Björnsdóttir has been hired in the position of new medical superintendant of the joint facilities of the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN) in Fjallabyggð and Dalvík.

Students at the University of Akureyri who are enrolled in specialist training programmes for practising healthcare assistants have, over the past two years, received training in blood sampling at the Akureyri Hospital.