The HSE’s national Public Health team continues to be in regular contact with the UK Health Security Agency, as they continue to investigate a serious meningococcal disease outbreak in Kent. As of 5 pm on 18 March, 15 laboratory cases are confirmed, and 12 notifications remain under investigation, bringing the total to 27 to date, and sadly, two young people have died.
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At the onset of a worldwide public health crisis in the late 80s, a series of adverts were designed to
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HIV stigma – What’s the problem? Immense progress has been made in the treatment of HIV in recent years. People
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The risk of gestational diabetes (GD) is increasing proportionally to type 2 diabetes in the general population and now affects
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Four decades since the first reports of HIV and AIDS in Ireland, massive advances have been made in the field
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Written by Dr Tom Barrett, Senior Medical Officer, National Immunisation Office Influenza Influenza is a very common acute viral respiratory
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Written by Nicola Perry, Secretary, Hepatitis C Partnership Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the Hepatitis
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Written by Professor Derek G. Doherty, Discipline of Immunology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin The Treatment Potential of Innate
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Parents/guardians of children aged 5 to 11 years now have the option to book an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine
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Written by Stephen O’Hare, Executive Director, HIV Ireland Stephen O’Hare is Executive Director of HIV Ireland. [pdf-embedder url=”https://hospitalprofessionalnews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HPN-December-2021-Digital-page-80.pdf” title=”HPN December
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