# Infection
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R number
UK infection rate increases as over 41,000 now confirmed dead from disease
15 May 2020
39.8k
50
Covid-19
Number of people infected by a confirmed case of Covid-19 has fallen again
23 Apr 2020
42.5k
55
transmission
Number of people infected by confirmed case of Covid-19 in Ireland down from four to around one
9 Apr 2020
87.3k
99
Infection
Mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China is not the return of SARS virus, officials say
5 Jan 2020
10.8k
4
Courts
Ex-partner of man accused of infecting her with HIV says he 'wasn't shocked' over her diagnosis
Updated
26 Jun 2018
17.6k
Infection
All staff and students screened after two cases of TB confirmed in Cork secondary school
18 Apr 2018
22.9k
29
Infection
'It's a serial killer': Detection rates on the rise as staff become 'sepsis aware'
5 Sep 2017
13.4k
18
rare occurrence
A patient in Ireland has contracted Hepatitis B from a blood transfusion
30 Aug 2017
19.2k
37
Dublin
Tallaght Hospital restricts visitors over outbreak of antibiotic-resistant infection
11 Oct 2016
9.5k
4
formal warning
HIQA finds overcrowding, poor hygiene and risk of infection at Holles Street
15 Feb 2016
13.4k
18
Diagnosis
St James's Hospital to start testing all Emergency Department patients for HIV
28 Jul 2015
17.7k
19
Breakthrough
French teenager in remission from HIV 12 years after stopping treatment
21 Jul 2015
24.2k
22
Sydney
Authorities fear up to 11,000 people could have been infected with HIV/Hepatitis at two dentist clinics
1 Jul 2015
41.2k
9
suspect cases
WHO says Ebola is "unavoidable" in Europe as three more isolated in Spain
7 Oct 2014
21.2k
57
Lagos
Nigeria's largest city is struggling to find medical personnel to help fight Ebola‎
9 Aug 2014
9.7k
23
slimy
Trinity scientists discover how to attack a bacteria that causes cystic fibrosis infections
8 Aug 2014
8.5k
6
Voices
Column: A vaccine could soon be here for one of the most devastating diseases on the planet
Hans Zomer
25 Apr 2014
48
13
snooze therapy
Scientists have proven a good sleep could actually cure your cold
22 Apr 2014
11.4k
13
Infection
MRSA has been in Irish hospitals for 40 years, but it's getting more dangerous
16 Apr 2014
4.8k
7
Outbreak
TCD scientists find significant increases in MRSA strains outside of hospitals
5 Mar 2014
5.7k
6
wash your hands
CDI is more common than MRSA and kills one in three Irish patients infected
4 Mar 2014
10.5k
18
Infection
Warning issued after children at Cavan creche diagnosed with meningitis
13 Feb 2014
19.3k
7
tanzania
38 arrested for carrying out genital mutilation on girls as young as three
16 Dec 2013
11.6k
40
flu vaccine
Vaccine reminder issued as HSE says 1,000 could die in severe flu season
7 Oct 2013
6.9k
109
spay that stray
Blind kitten called Lorcan shows the need for spaying feral cats
17 Aug 2013
11.8k
49