Date: October 9, 2023
Published: October 9, 2023 Today, Monday, 9th August the HSE launched its free nasal spray flu vaccination programme. The vaccine is available for free for all children aged 2-12 years and children aged 13-17 at high risk of flu from participating GP practices...
Date: October 2, 2023
Published: October 2, 2023 Older people, at-risk groups and health and care workers urged to get vaccinated and protect themselves against both Flu and COVID19 Safe to have both vaccines at the same time New study shows COVID-19 vaccination programme in Irelan...
Date: September 28, 2023
Published: September 28, 2023 Preliminary data for 2023 to date (week 38 ending 23/09/2023) shows an increase nationally in notifications for chlamydia (43%) and gonorrhoea (95%) when compared to data up to week 38 2022. The groups most affected by STIs contin...
Date: September 14, 2023
Published: September 14, 2023 The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has released a refreshed version of its COVID-19 Data Hub. The Hub now provides COVID-19 data for Ireland by epidemiological week as well as publishing numbers of hospitalised c...
Date: September 13, 2023
Published: September 13, 2023 The HSE has been informed of an incident where people who ate sardines at the Tchin Tchin Wine Bar in Bordeaux have been diagnosed with botulism, unfortunately, a small number of Irish citizens have been affected and are receiving...
Date: September 13, 2023
Published: September 13, 2023 A small number of confirmed and probable mpox cases in gay bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) have been notified in August and September. These are the first cases reported in Ireland since April. Some cases were...
Date: August 21, 2023
Published: August 21, 2023 COVID-19 variant EG.5.1 (known as “Eris”) is circulating in Ireland. It appears to be increasing in numbers at a higher rate than other recent variants. It currently shows no evidence of causing more severe infection but people are s...
Date: August 11, 2023
Published: August 11, 2023 HPSC reported this week that the new variant of interest (VOI) EG.5.1 (‘Eris’) has been detected among cases in Ireland. This variant is more transmissible than previous circulating variants and has been associated with outbreaks, in...
Date: July 27, 2023
Published: July 27, 2023 World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on the 28th July with the aim of bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. The theme of World H...
Date: July 18, 2023
Published: July 18, 2023 During the summer holidays, the HSE is reminding people not to handle or touch sick or dead wild birds or mammals in order to protect themselves from bird flu. As avian influenza virus or “bird flu” outbreaks in birds and mammals are c...
Date: June 26, 2023
Published: June 26, 2023 There has been an increase in notified invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infections in Ireland since October 2022. In a normal year, iGAS infections typically peak during the first six months. The increase observed towards the end...
Date: May 22, 2023
Published: May 22, 2023 The Mpox website section has been restructured to improve user accessibility. It contains updated sections on Mpox vaccination, information for suspected/confirmed Mpox cases, information for healthcare workers, Mpox data, resources and...