Iceland News News Iceland » Health: All 76 Icelandic Health Inspectors Dismissed Ahead of State Overhaul
All 76 health inspectors employed by Iceland’s municipal health committees have been dismissed. This decision comes as the country prepares to transfer major food, public health and pollution-control ...
News Iceland » Health: New forms of sexual violence against women prevalent in Iceland
A Harvard Chan School study estimates more than one-third of women in Iceland have experienced technology-facilitated sexual violence or other coercive sexual acts—raising alarm bells in the country ...
News Iceland » Health: Join Men’s Health for a 5-day Iceland adventure with hiking, trail running, glaciers and geothermal dips
Join MH Fitness Director Andrew Tracey and Intrepid from 3–7 July 2027 for five days of adventure, training and good company ...
News Iceland » Health: Iceland Cuts Health Insurance Wait for New Residents
People moving to Iceland from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) will gain access to the country’s public health insurance system sooner under new legislation, while travellers will ...
News Iceland » Health: Mosquitoes confirmed in Iceland for 1st time, raising health concerns
For as long as anyone can remember, Iceland has been one of the few inhabited places on Earth where you could spend a summer evening outdoors without swatting a single mosquito. That distinction is ...
News Iceland » Health: Health tourism spells great opportunity for Iceland
ICELAND (eTN) – “Geothermal water is Iceland‘s white gold,” according to guest speaker Ms. Csilla Mezösi speaking at the annual meeting of the Iceland Association for Health Tourism. ICELAND (eTN) – ...
News Iceland » Health: ‘Water Is Medicine’: How People in Iceland Use Pools, Hot Tubs to Improve Their Health
It was a frigid autumn day in northern Iceland. I was checking into the Sigló Hótel in the tiny port of Siglufjörður, once considered the capital of the world herring fish industry. Now it’s a sleepy ...