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RCSI calls for TRIPS Waiver to provide equal access to COVID-19 vaccines
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is calling on the Irish Government to support the TRIPS Waiver. This is to enable equality of access to COVID-19…
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Clinical Features
End of Year: IPHA Lessons Learned from Covid
Covid-19 and the pandemic should renew our trust in science for better health, writes Bernard Mallee Bernard Mallee is Director of Communications and Advocacy at the Irish Pharmaceutical…
Clinical Features
End of Year Review: HPRA
Written by Dr Lorraine Nolan, Chief Executive, Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) Excelling in Health Product Regulation The Covid-19 pandemic continued to affect every facet of life in…
Respiratory
Asthma Society of Ireland: End of Year
Talking Strategy in Asthma Care – Written by Sarah O’Connor, CEO, Asthma Society of Ireland In December 2019, the Asthma Society had an operational plan agreed for the…
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Project UniCov: NUI Galway welcomes Government fund for Covid test kits
President of NUI Galway, Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh has welcomed Government investment for free, rapid Covid-19 testing for students through Project UniCov. Minister for Further and Higher Education,…
Research
HIQA publishes reviews on the duration of immunity following COVID-19 vaccination
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today published three reviews on the duration of immunity following COVID-19 vaccination. It is to inform the work of the…
Research
Cancer survival progress at risk due to Covid disruption
Improved cancer survival figures revealed today are being put at serious risk. This is by pandemic-related disruption, according to the Irish Cancer Society. Commenting on the National Cancer…
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Health Products Regulatory Authority publishes 2020 annual report
The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) today published its 2020 annual report. It detailed its activities to regulate medicines, devices and other health products for the benefit of…