Potential use of rapid antigen tests in workplaces and schools to be assessed
Speedy tests for virus could be used alongside the state’s PCR testing programme as country aims for safer eventual reopening
‘The next few weeks will give us hope if we can hang in there’
There are still some clouds on the horizon with the threat of new variants, but there is also hope as health workers report real benefits from the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines
Lifting of ban on visits to nursing homes now urged
Geriatric specialists say vaccination has reduced the risk hugely, and that leaving the elderly to die alone in homes is ‘inhumane’
Deforestation, the wildlife trade and intensive farming: a recipe for lethal virus outbreaks
Conditions in the Wuhan market may have been an ‘early amplifier’ of the Covid-19 virus. Habitat destruction, the intensification of agriculture, global travel and climate change will be among the main factors in the emergence of even more deadly diseases, experts warn, as ‘we push nature to its limit’
Analysis: Variants and vaccines make projecting path of virus more complex
While the vaccine rollout should reduce the number of new Covid-19 cases, the increased transmissibility of the new variant mean progress in suppressing the virus has slowed
HSE’s latest private hospitals Covid deal estimated to cost €47 million a month
HSE considers ending surge capacity arrangements with private hospitals as number of Covid-19 hospitalisations falls
Key public health posts remain vacant
Frustrated doctors snub HSE jobs as talks over the long-promised consultant contract stall
Breakdown of HSE’s €1.6 billion war chest to fight Covid-19
The National Service Plan shows that €200m of the €1.6bn allocated to fighting the pandemic is to be spent on the rollout of vaccinations
National Covid-19 biobank to be set up in the coming months
Facility will help to establish which vaccines work best for which age groups and if some are more protective than others
Ireland faces severe lack of nursing home beds within a decade
Rate of new developments is significantly off the pace required to serve the country’s growing elderly population, property industry experts warn
A continent on pause: why Europe is still struggling with slow vaccine roll-out
Almost a year into the pandemic, nations across the EU are still struggling to decide on strategy and jump-start a sluggish vaccine roll-out while the US finally gets its act together
Susan O’Keeffe: If we want health service reform, we must listen to frontline workers
The Covid-19 crisis has laid bare the many shortcomings in our health service, but it’s those at the coalface who understand best what is needed to fix it
Shortage of Covid-19 vaccines can be solved if knowledge is shared, experts say
Companies must open up their intellectual property rights to enable others to produce vaccines, an Oireachtas committee has been told
Barry J Whyte: How I learned to live with epilepsy
In 2016, I was diagnosed with epilepsy, making me one of the 40,000 people in Ireland who suffer from the condition. As I discovered, it can be hard to share the burden of something that defies adequate description
A year of living precariously: is there an end in sight to the nightmare?
As the national daily number of new coronavirus cases stubbornly refuses to drop below 1,000, many are feeling the strain under the weight of uncertainty
Orla Dolan: We must pay attention to the original Big C again
Cancer was the leading cause of death in Ireland last year. Its research must not be obscured under the long shadow of Covid-19
State’s medicine supply deal is extended to July
The pharma sector has agreed to delay new negotiations to create certainty during the ongoing pandemic
ICU practice seeks funding for pre-surgery algorithm
Critical Care Partners, which has already signed multimillion-euro contracts with two hospitals, claims the algorithm can hugely improve efficiency
Analysis: Daily Covid cases could drop below 50 by March 5 if current rate continues
Our 14-day incidence has halved in the past ten days and numbers being admitted to ICU has started to slow
Dentist to the reality stars sets up Dublin clinic
Cosmetic specialist Slaine McGrath’s clients have included Sophie Hermann of Made in Chelsea and influencer Louise Thompson