The President of Iceland will be elected on Saturday 1 June.

World Hand Hygiene Day is 5 May

A draft summary of new Nordic Nutrition Recommendations are now available for comment.

The project aimed to bring applications for payment plans into electronic form.

Now voters can recommend their candidacy electronically in Iceland.

On July 18th a new regulation nr 770/2023 about NTI was published, it replaces an older regulation nr 700/2019

On the knowledge website Heilsuvera, it is easy to find clear instructions on how best to react to illness and look for symptoms or diseases.

The Chief Epidemiologist has published the Annual Report for 2023 on Health Security and Communicable Diseases.

The Natural catastrophe insurance of Iceland (NTÍ) and Þórkatla have agreed on the prioritization of issues in Grindavík. Some of the houses that Þórkatla has bought in recent weeks in Grindavík have been damaged by the earthquakes. The purchase of around 720 residential buildings has been approved and a considerable part of them will have to go through a damage assessment by NTÍ, and some have already gone through such an assessment.

5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day. Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) raises awareness of the importance of hand hygiene, especially in healthcare, on this day.