From January 1st 2025, letters from ISAC will appear in the Digital Inbox on Ísland.is.

The land reclamation project at Geitasandur, which involves planting birch trees and encouraging natural reseeding, is progressing well. Recently, fertiliser was applied to a large birch plantation established last year. The progress is being carefully monitored.

The Chief Epidemiologist's respiratory infections dashboard has been updated with data for weeks 12 and 13 of 2025 (March 17 – March 30, 2025).

The agreement saves the state 200 million during the contract period

The Health Sciences Institute of the University of Akureyri (HHA) serves as a joint platform for employees of SAk and UA to strengthen research in health sciences

Applications are invited for medical specialist training positions in those fields of medicine where accredited specialist training is offered at Landspítali, Akureyri Hospital, and their partner institutions. The positions are full-time (100%) or by agreement.

Concerns are due to the increasing incidence of sexually transmitted infections — gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis in Europe in recent years, particularly among men who have sex with men, but also among other groups.

Bergþór Steinn Jónsson bráðalæknir og barnabráðalæknir á SAk birti nýlega grein ásamt meðhöfundum frá Mayo Clinic og Children's Minnesota í vísindaritinu Pediatric Emergency Care. Rannsóknin bendir til þess að læknar í áverkateymum fyrir fullorðna noti tölvusneiðmyndir mun oftar en barnateymi þegar þeir sinna unglingum með áverka, þrátt fyrir sambærilegan alvarleika áverkanna.

The Director General of Heilsugæsla höfuðborgarsvæðisins called, in an article published in Sameyki’s magazine, for employers and labor unions to join forces to remove provisions requiring a physician’s confirmation of short-term illness from collective agreements.

The implementation of the new EU Entry Exit System (EES) has begun. The system is expected to be fully operational at external borders of the Schengen area by the end of March 2026.