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The dominant virus circulating is Influenza A (H3N2)

Three influenza-related deaths reported this season

A cocktail of drugs contributed to three-in-five drug deaths in 2017

One person a day died of drugs overdose in 2017 - HRB

Leo Varadkar made the promise during Leaders' Questions in the Dáil

Varadkar: Consultants to get pay parity for public work

Politics / 22 hrs

Minister for Education Joe McHugh said that the ethos of the school will be protected

Department to introduce new guidelines on sex education

Education / 22 hrs

Leo Varadkar told the Dáil the outpatient waiting lists for healthcare in Ireland have been falling

'Not good enough' many children waiting for healthcare

Politics / 11 Dec

Simon Harris appearing before the Oireachtas Health Committee

Harris pledges extra beds to ease pressure on EDs

Health / 23 hrs

Paediatricians say Direct Provision facilities have a hugely negative impact on a child's wellbeing that may impact on mental health in adulthood

Paediatricians call for end to Direct Provision

Ireland / 11 Dec

Staff working in the UL Hospital Group made 442 notifications of incidents and near miss incidents during October

Two patients spent three weeks on trolleys in hospital

Health / 11 Dec

The Endometriosis Association of Ireland is calling for more positive education and awareness of endometriosis

Charity calls for more awareness of endometriosis

Health / 10 Dec

The inquiry heard that the nurse raised the use of cannabis oil with a patient at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin

Nurse guilty of misconduct over cannabis oil comment

Health / 10 Dec

Bernadette Kiely and her daughter Claudia McNamee

Family angry that woman's cancer may have been avoided

Health / 10 Dec

TrolleyGar says that the number is up 54% on the same day last year

406 patients waiting for admission to hospital bed

Health / 09 Dec

Dr Anne Dolan with Hugh Gannon from Sandyhill and Ellie Langan from Grange

VR app making hospitals less scary for children

Health / 08 Dec

The important truths about EU-linked health schemes

Health / 20 hrs

The HSE said it was committed to tackling the long waiting times

More than 200,000 children on health waiting lists

Ireland / 06 Dec

University Hospital Kerry is one of the 15 colposcopy clinics around the country

Country's colposcopy clinics 'at breaking point'

Ireland / 05 Dec

The hospital will cost at least €1.73bn

Cost of children's hospital could jump by €50m

Ireland / 05 Dec

The Patient Safety Bill contains a list of incidents which must be reported to regulators

Serious patient safety issues disclosure under new law

Health / 05 Dec

The clinic teams are the diagnostic and treatment arm of the CervicalCheck programme

CervicalCheck staff facing abuse over test reviews

Health / 05 Dec

There are 127 primary care centres across the country

HSE faces questions over delay to primary care delivery

Health / 05 Dec

A red flag hanging outside a home in Samoa indicating the residents have not been vaccinated for measles

Samoa shuts down in battle against measles crisis

Julian Smith was in Belfast for meetings with members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and trade unions

NI health service crisis 'unacceptable', says Smith

Ulster / 04 Dec

A narrative verdict was returned into the death of Margaret Callaghan

Ambulance off-load delay is endemic, inquest hears

Ulster / 04 Dec

The promotion posters for cash prizes for staff in St James's Hospital have been taken down

Discharge incentive promotion wording 'bit off': Harris

Health / 04 Dec

Simon Harris said he believed the RCOG review of CervicalCheck slides was robust

RCOG team agrees to appear before Oireachtas committee

Health / 04 Dec

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