On Tuesday, November 18th, the Chief Epidemiologist, in cooperation with the Hrafnista nursing homes, held a seminar in connection with the annual Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week.

Interview // The Pioneers of HSU’s Remote Monitoring: Margrét Björk Ólafsdóttir, Head Nurse, and Anna Margrét Magnúsdóttir, Assistant Unit Manager

The Directorate of Health has released preliminary figures on suicides for the first half of 2025.

NordForsk is helping to lead the participation of the Nordic countries in an extensive international collaboration aimed at supporting interdisciplinary and transformative research that seeks to harness disruptive technology to address global societal challenges and accelerate progress toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The main role of the Directorate of Health is to promote the health of the nation and all its people.

Bergþór Steinn Jónsson, an emergency medicine specialist at Akureyri Hospital (SAk), was among the participants in a new European study on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests – the European Registry of Cardiac Arrest Study THREE (EuReCa-THREE) – which was recently published in the journal Resuscitation.

Digital Iceland projects received seven nominations for the Icelandic Web Awards 2025.

A specialist on prevention of sexually transmitted diseases visits the Directorate of Health

Joint press release from the Directorate of Fisheries, the Food and Veterinary Authority, and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute on the status of origin analysis of caught salmon.

Land and Forest Iceland has made significant progress in reducing the use of imported synthetic fertilisers and replacing them with a range of domestic organic alternatives. Around 25% of the nitrogen applied in the agency’s own projects and collaborative programmes now comes from organic fertilisers. This not only brings considerable cost savings but also has positive climate benefits through reduced use of synthetic fertilisers.