Health

LGBTQ activists gathered in Nantes, France to commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1, 2019
(Photo by Estelle Ruiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Misconception HIV a men's issue, says support group

The support group HIV Ireland has said that persistent HIV-related stigma will undermine progress in HIV prevention, testing and treatment.

Health • 01 Dec

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Report finds rise in child brain injuries from e-scooters

A new report from the College of Physicians has found that e-scooters are the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries to children at Temple Street Hospital.

Ireland • 01 Dec

LONDON,ENGLAND - MAY 30: A photo illustration of a Mounjaro pen on May 30 2025 in London, England. Mounjaro is a treatment for weight loss and type 2 diabetes. (Photo by Peter Dazeley via Getty Images)

WHO backs weight-loss drugs to tackle obesity epidemic

A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World Health Organization has said.

Health • 01 Dec

New variant of flu triggers surge in hospital visits

Latest HSE figures show that hospitalisations and presentations to emergency departments from flu have doubled in one week, with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre saying this is largely attributable to a new variant of flu.

Health • 01 Dec

Cappagh Hospital on target to reduce energy use by 26%

Climate action requirements mean that public hospitals must meet strict emissions and energy targets within five years.

Health • 30 Nov

A photograph of Anne Marie Farrell and Professor Keelin O'Donoghue

Calls for better public awareness of stillbirths

A national pregnancy loss group is calling for better public awareness of stillbirths and research into reducing the number that occur in Ireland each year.

Ireland • 30 Nov

Photo shows medical scientist Rebecca Broni who contracted long covid while working at a Dublin hospital

Long Covid turned my life upside down, says scientist

Five years on from contracting Covid, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects and now faces a cut in financial support.

Ireland • 28 Nov

Andrea Horan and Enda McGrattan sit together on a couch looking at the camera

Watch: Dublin nail salon hosts pop-up HIV testing

HIV testing will be carried out in a Dublin city centre nail salon later today, ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December.

Dublin • 28 Nov

Surge in flu-like cases among children - paediatrician

A specialist in paediatric emergency medicine at Children's Health Ireland has said there has been a surge in children presenting with flu-like illnesses.

Health • 27 Nov

Medical misadventure verdict in Niamh McNally inquest

An inquest into the death of a 16-year-old girl at University Hospital Limerick has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

Munster • 27 Nov

Apology over care after teenager died from asthma attack

Children's Health Ireland has issued a "sincere apology" for shortcomings in the care of a Dublin teenager with severe and poorly controlled asthma who died following a severe attack while waiting over four years to see a specialist consultant.

Dublin • 26 Nov

Caredoc workers staging a lunchtime protest at Caredoc HQ in Carlow

Caredoc workers threaten strike action over pay dispute

INMO and SIPTU members employed at Caredoc facilities have announced plans to take strike action next month as part of a pay dispute.

Business • 26 Nov

HSE apologises over 'failings' which led to girl's death

The HSE has apologised unreservedly to a family of a 16-year-old girl for what was described as "failings" that should not have happened, which led to her death at University Hospital Limerick.

Munster • 26 Nov

Journalist Saoirse McGarrigle discusses the case of Michael Shine on Behind the Story with hosts Fran McNulty and Laura Fletcher

Podcast: The crimes of disgraced surgeon Michael Shine

Today, the Government announced a 16 week scoping inquiry into abuse by former surgeon Michael Shine.

Behind the Story • 27 Nov

Siubhán Uí Cheallaigh, a mother of one, living in Lucan

Babies missing out on check-ups due to nursing shortage

Children and babies in parts of west Dublin are continuing to miss out on crucial health checks because of a shortage of public health nurses.

Health • 24 Nov

'CPR is vital' - teenage swimmer in call over training

The family of a Co Laois teenager who suffered a cardiac arrest while on a swim training camp in Barcelona last summer say they believe CPR training should be made mandatory in secondary schools.

Health • 23 Nov

Flu cases increasing 'unusually early' in EU

The European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) has said that influenza cases are increasing unusually early in the EU this season.

Health • 20 Nov

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson leaves Dorland House after giving evidence to the COVID inquiry in London

Johnson's 'chaotic' Covid response led to more deaths

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry concluded.

UK • 20 Nov