Pandemrix, a flu vaccine which has been linked with narcolepsy, was purchased by the HSE and administered to the public in response to the declared swine flu pandemic in 2009
It started out as a bit of fun over a few drinks in Melbourne, but Owen Sharp now heads a foundation that has grown into the only global men’s health charity
Taking a leisurely trip through Vietnam, Susan Mitchell discovers the ancient and the new, soaks up the atmosphere, is invigorated by Saigon and enchanted by Hoi An
There were three times more deaths from flu last season compared with previous years. Indicative ...
The Patient Safety (Licensing of Healthcare Facilities) Bill aims to introduce a licensing requirement for all public and private hospitals in Ireland
Standardised packaging aims to reduce the attractiveness of tobacco products
Department of Health warns of €2 billion funding crisis
The situation impacts public patients and those with private health insurance as health insurers do not typically fund or provide access to medicines that are not funded by the HSE.
Labour Party health spokesman Alan Kelly drafted the motion on the vaccine
New figures have revealed that patients in Ireland, both public and private, have far less access to new cancer medicines than other Europeans
Letsbuyhealthcare wants to bypass long waiting lists by facilitating the bulk-buying of all-inclusive packages of care in Irish private hospitals
In a normally functioning government the junior minister for health would have been sacked
Inform Parents has accused the HSE chief of defamation and slander after he made comments regarding the tactics used by campaigners against the cervical cancer vaccine
Huge delays are emerging at one of Dublin’s designated centres for breast cancer
Outbursts from broadcaster George Hook, TD Mattie McGrath and others are feeding fears among girls and their parents about the cervical cancer vaccine
