Monday 26 July, 2021
Government ministers have met to review progress on Ireland’s response to the attack.
The Oireachtas Health Committee will discuss the issue today.
An IT shutdown has had an impact on wider operations today.
The UK is set to ban ads for junk food online and before 9pm on TV.
Consultant Gastroenterologist Professor Pádraic Mac Mathuna is calling on those aged 60-69 to register for bowel screening.
The department launched a fact-finding review following an RTÉ Prime Time broadcast this year.
An Oireachtas Committee is recommending that a campaign be launched to promote Vitamin D supplements.
Ella Arensman has been appointed Ireland’s first Professor of Public Mental Health.
For the 20% of cases categorised as community transmission, additional questions will be asked about their movements over the previous seven days.
On Transgender Day of Visibility, Teni CEO Éirénne Carroll talks to The Journal about access to healthcare in Ireland and worrying developments in the US.
In Ireland, Moderna has made up a small proportion of the number of vaccines administered.
The flu vaccine was free for children in Ireland for the first time in 2020.
Dr Rosie Mangan’s life changed after an accident in 2019. She says the postcode lottery system for neurology rehabilitation services must change.
The Irish healthcare system is failing transgender people and forcing them to go abroad for treatment, Noah Halpin has said.
Moving people with underlying conditions to a higher position on the vaccine priority list would be “fair and reasonable”, the Taoiseach has said.
The scheme was approved by Cabinet today .
“So many lives could be made better, saved, elongated, if doctors knew what they were testing for.”
Dr Greg Korpanty of University Hospital Limerick on cancer treatment in Ireland during a pandemic.
The health minister said from this week, significant volumes of antigen tests are being deployed across healthcare settings.
Optometrists have offered to help the Government with the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
The Government needs to take action and implement the model of care for infertility, writes Emma Mc Dade.
As vaccinations continue, employers need to consider the rights of employees when looking at the health of their teams and any return to the workplace writes Jason O’Sullivan.
Affordable housing, scramblers, e-scooters and speedy trials – just some of the issues the government plan to tackle.
New figures were revealed by health officials this evening.
Ninety donors were involved in the process – 62 people who had died and 28 living donors.
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”.
The long-awaited report has been published by the HSE after a number of delays.
Varadkar also indicated that Level 5 will last beyond 12 January.
Health officials confirmed the latest figures today.
The minister has said survivors will be at the centre of the government’s approach after criticism of how it has handled the situation to date.
Derek Cawley says the change in our work habits and bad home office setups have contributed greatly to an increase in back pain.
Two deaths and 107 new cases of the illness were reported in the same week last year.
The doctor is suspended from practising in the Republic of Ireland.
The National Trans Healthcare Steering Committee has raised concerns about the status of the report.
The IMO has expressed disappointment at “no meaningful engagement” from the Department of Health for five months.
The 221+ group wrote to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly today.
Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn said he thinks the majority of people will decide “it’s simply not worth it”.
Amy Donohoe was diagnosed with Covid-19 last month and found that the experience brought with it an unwelcome sense of shame.
Tracy Ward explains how burnout affects us – and what to do if we’re feeling it.
