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World Health Organisation deems 100 GPs for 100,000 people adequate but this level is only met in Galway and Waterford, the Irish College of GPs finds

Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, health agency says

Former Irish Army member was renowned for his collaborative leadership style and his ability to find solutions to complex problems

WHO upgraded the disease to ‘public health emergency of international concern’ this week

Many countries in Africa are experiencing surge in cases as virus crosses borders

Person infected while staying in part of Africa where there was a large outbreak of the disease

Variant of virus causing concern in Africa, and now detected in Sweden, different to strain seen in State in 2022

Aidan O’Leary, a former Army captain, worked with UN and was director of polio eradication programme with WHO

Decision comes after fresh outbreak of virus in DRC, with more than 500 deaths linked to illness in Africa this year

Dr Muiris Houston: Given the latest summer surge, experts are doubtful that a winter seasonality is in the offing

Aidan O’Leary was described as a ‘true leader’ by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter can also cause chronic disease and cancer

Report says level of Ireland’s recruitment of doctors from overseas may breach its WHO obligations

Officials warned consumers of risks from falsified versions of Ozempic and Wegovy

UN body accuses powerful industries of driving ill-health and premature death by using ‘misleading’ marketing and interfering in efforts to prevent killer diseases

In such a challenging world, smiling and laughter offer resilience and self-care

Man, who had multiple underlying health conditions, died after developing fever, shortness of breath and diarrhoea due to H5N2 variant

Research shows just over 1,000 more people died in 2021 than expected when compared with the three-year period immediately before Covid-19

Dr Muiris Houston: The H5N1 virus likely spilled from birds into cows in late 2023, and spread undetected among cattle for months before the first cases were reported this March

Former DUP first minister dismisses counsel assertion that timeline suggests political chiefs caught napping

Israel's military offensive leading to another 'unbearable' forced displacement

Some 20% of Irish people report feeling lonely most or all the time compared to European average of 13%

The landmark report by UK paediatrician Hilary Cass into transgender treatment for young people is published as the HSE plans a new Irish clinical programme for gender healthcare

Dr Muiris Houston: The inescapable truth is that everyone with illness anxiety disorder is eventually proved right

Experts said ‘promising’ findings could meant that those diagnosed with bowel cancer may be encouraged to drink coffee

More than 36,000 cases of the disease were recorded across Europe in 2022, says WHO and ECDC

President says ‘propaganda campaign’ against United Nations and its relief agency in enclave a ‘scandalous travesty’

Latest figures come after man died from highly contagious disease earlier this month

Disadvantaged groups, however, continue to be disproportionately affected by an overall rise obesity over the past 30-plus years

Risks are associated with eating too much meat but some nutritional claims are based on flawed data, say two of Ireland’s leading food and diet specialists

Claims that Ireland will cede sovereignty to UN body under new pandemic agreement are ‘patently untrue’, says Dr Hans Kluge

A decline in the number of children receiving the MMR vaccine is leading to a fall the percentage of the population who have immunity

Prevalence of the virus much lower than previously estimated

Comments from President Michael D Higgins follow briefing from WHO’s Michael Ryan

Vaccination rate against measles stands at about 87 per cent, short of 95 per cent threshold advised by World Health Organisation to provide herd immunity

Nine out of 10 doctors in Ireland experience mental health difficulties linked to their work and most keep this private because of fear of stigma. Almost 60 per cent have no time to eat, drink or use the toilet while at work

Move is projected to save tens of thousands of live across Africa per year with some 6.6m children in line for jab

Fewer than 5,000 people in Ireland estimated to have disease but many are hard-to-reach drug users

Yemen-based Houthi militants have stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza

US secretary of state tells Israeli leaders that creation of a Palestinian state is key to long-term solution to conflict