Apostolos Valtas

For the next two months, flu is expected to dominate respiratory illnesses, health experts have warned, urging people to get vaccinated and practice caution, particularly those in high-risk groups.

Drug shortages bring despair to pharmacists and patients every day, with over 400 essential medicines missing from the market, leaving patients unable to meet pressing needs. The missing drugs concern chronic conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, mental illnesses, while some categories of drugs that are in short supply are anticoagulants, painkillers, antibiotics, etc.