Date: January 22, 2021
Published: January 22, 2021 HSE has published results of the PRECISE study on COVID-19 antibodies in healthcare workers at Irish hospitals. The study looked at antibodies to COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) in two Irish hospitals. Staff in St. James’s Hos...
Date: January 15, 2021
Published: January 15, 2021 These requirements have been put in place in an effort to prevent and limit spread of variant COVID-19 in Ireland. A. Anyone who has travelled from Great Britain, South Africa or Brazil to Ireland in the past 14 days is now advised...
Date: January 6, 2021
Published: January 6, 2021 In response to the high prevalence of COVID-19 now circulating in our community, the HSE is asking everyone in Ireland to stay at home, and to effectively act like they have COVID-19. This is in response to the very high rates of pos...
Date: January 1, 2021
Published: January 29, 2021 The COVID-19 interim case definition for Ireland has been updated as of Wednesday 27th January 2020. It has been updated to include notification of positive results from Antigen Detection Tests (ADTs) carried out in the public healt...
Date: January 23, 2019
Published: January 23, 2019 The HSE is advising the public to remain vigilant regarding meningitis and reminded parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated as per the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme. Current situation Twenty meningococcal ca...
Date: January 23, 2019
Published: January 23, 2019 The HSE is advising the public to remain vigilant regarding meningitis and reminded parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated as per the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme. Current situation Twenty meningococcal ca...
Date: January 21, 2019
Published: January 21, 2019 Several countries in South America have recently reported increased detections of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). While numerous sporadic cases and small clusters of HPS cases have previously been reported in most of South Amer...
Date: January 15, 2019
Published: January 15, 2019 The HSE is advising the public to remain vigilant regarding meningitis and reminded parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated as per the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme. Current situation Eleven meningococcal ca...
Date: January 15, 2019
Published: January 15, 2019 The HSE is advising the public to remain vigilant regarding meningitis and reminded parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated as per the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme. Current situation Eleven meningococcal ca...
Date: January 9, 2019
Published: January 9, 2019 There has been an increase in meningococcal meningitis/septicaemia in Ireland in the last two weeks with 11 cases notified since week 52 2018. Unfortunately three patients diagnosed with meningococcal disease have died, all three of...
Date: January 9, 2019
Published: January 9, 2019 There has been an increase in meningococcal meningitis/septicaemia in Ireland in the last two weeks with 11 cases notified since week 52 2018. Unfortunately three patients diagnosed with meningococcal disease have died, all three of...
Date: March 6, 2018
Published: March 6, 2018 Nigeria is experiencing its largest-ever outbreak of Lassa fever. Lassa fever is one of a group of tropical and sub-tropical infections - the so called, viral haemorrhagic fevers - which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no...