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Medicines regulator faces legal suit over flu vaccine

Medicines regulator faces legal suit over flu vaccine

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

Halawa will need rehabilitation after prison trauma, say imams

Halawa will need rehabilitation after prison trauma, say imams

Ibrahim Halawa should be offered a counselling and rehabilitation programme on his return to Ireland, two senior Islamic clerics have said

HPSC: Threefold increase in flu deaths  to 1,200

HPSC: Threefold increase in flu deaths to 1,200

There were three times more deaths from flu last season compared with previous years. Indicative ...

Big tobacco gives up battle to halt plain packaging

Big tobacco gives up battle to halt plain packaging

Standardised packaging aims to reduce the attractiveness of tobacco products

WARNING: No money for new maternity hospital as costs surge

WARNING: No money for new maternity hospital as costs surge

Department of Health warns of €2 billion funding crisis

Captivated by Vietnam

Captivated by Vietnam

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

Closer scrutiny of hospitals

Closer scrutiny of hospitals

The Patient Safety (Licensing of Healthcare Facilities) Bill aims to introduce a licensing requirement for all public and private hospitals in Ireland

Revealed: How Ireland has worst access for new cancer drugs

Revealed: How Ireland has worst access for new cancer drugs

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.

Irish patients lose out on cancer care

Irish patients lose out on cancer care

New figures have revealed that patients in Ireland, both public and private, have far less access to new cancer medicines than other Europeans

New company lures pay as you go patients

New company lures pay as you go patients

Letsbuyhealthcare wants to bypass long waiting lists by facilitating the bulk-buying of all-inclusive packages of care in Irish private hospitals

Labour to table Dáil motion on extending HPV vaccine to boys

Labour to table Dáil motion on extending HPV vaccine to boys

Labour Party health spokesman Alan Kelly drafted the motion on the vaccine

Susan Mitchell on Finian McGrath's latest 'cock-up'

Susan Mitchell on Finian McGrath's latest 'cock-up'

In a normally functioning government the junior minister for health would have been sacked

The HSE is right, and Hook is wrong

The HSE is right, and Hook is wrong

Outbursts from broadcaster George Hook, TD Mattie McGrath and others are feeding fears among girls and their parents about the cervical cancer vaccine

Doctors want probe into HSE over GP pay details ‘breach’

Doctors want probe into HSE over GP pay details ‘breach’

The information was released to RTE, and details of payments totalling €540 million were widely disseminated in other media

Patient groups call for policy shift to avoid looming‘drug iceberg’

Patient groups call for policy shift to avoid looming‘drug iceberg’

‘Buck-passing’ in approval process is denying patients life-saving drugs, says group