Cocaine and antidepressant use hits record high during the pandemic
Cocaine use appears to have tripled since the start of the pandemic. A sharp increase in the use of antidepressants.
The data on deaths inside and outside the ICU during the second wave of the pandemic
Seven out of ten COVID-19 related deaths occurred outside the ICU, during Greece’s second wave of the pandemic.
A conversation with one of the “founding fathers” of Artificial Intelligence
A few months before Yoshua Bengio's participation in the SNF Nostos Conference on August 26 and 27, 2021, on "Humanity and Artificial Intelligence," we discussed with him the future of "intelligent" computer systems, the effort to teach AI some common sense, and the possibilities and challenges of using such technologies.
Pay up or put it off: how Europe treats depression and anxiety
In many European countries, the availability of psychological treatment in the public healthcare system is inadequate or even non-existent.
Understaffed COVID ICUs and the association between fatalities and Greek hospital occupancy
An X-ray of the Greek Health System during the pandemic shows that many of the COVID-19 ICUs across the country are understaffed and demonstrates a correlation between deaths and hospital occupancy during the “second wave”. The lesson of Northern Greece for Attica.
What does “95% efficacy” mean?
What do the vaccine efficacy rates indicate for our everyday lives and what do we expect from the vaccination?
A three-day virtual Journalism Forum by iMEdD
Workshops, panel discussions and presentations by prominent Greek and foreign speakers.
How Covid-19 affected migrants and refugees’ health
With COVID-19 in the spotlight, refugees and undocumented migrants disappeared from public attention.
Pandemic Death Toll Seems to Be Higher Than Reported
