Date: May 16, 2025
The HSE is echoing advice from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) not to touch or handle any sick or dead wild birds, because of the risks of avian influenza. Sick/dead wild birds can be reported to DAFM via the Avian Check app. Nineteen...
Date: May 16, 2025
HPSC marked Tick Awareness Day on 1st May, offering practical advice on how to protect against ticks, whose bite can cause a bacterial infection called Lyme disease.
Date: May 14, 2025
In advance of travelling to Hajj or Umrah, pilgrims from Ireland are required to have received meningococcal vaccination.
Date: January 28, 2025
Small numbers of sporadic imported cases of clade Ib mpox may occur among travellers arriving from places in Africa where cases are regularly being reported in the community. In a small proportion of these imported cases, mpox spread to close contacts e.g. to...
Date: August 21, 2024
On 14th August 2024, WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There has been an unprecedented recent increase in the number of mpox cases identified in Africa. Cases of mpox in Ire...
Date: July 29, 2024
Published: July 29, 2024 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 24, 2024
Published: July 24, 2024 COVID-19 transmission continues at moderate to high levels in Ireland. In week 29 (July 14 – 20, 2024): Recent technical issues have impacted on the number of COVID-19 cases and outbreaks reported during week 29, which includes delayed...
Date: July 22, 2024
Published: July 22, 2024 The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has published the Epidemiology of hepatitis C in Ireland trends up to Q1 2024, today 22nd July 2024. Hepatitis C is a curable viral infection that is mainly acquired by contact through b...
Date: July 12, 2024
Published: July 12, 2024 Many countries in southern and eastern Europe are suffering heatwave conditions, which are forecasted to continue over the coming week. Exposure to excessive temperatures can cause illness such as heat stress and heat stroke, so the fo...
Date: July 9, 2024
Published: July 9, 2024 The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has published the Epidemiology of hepatitis B in Ireland trends up to Q1 2024, today, 9th July 2024. Notification data indicate that antenatal screening for hepatitis B, with appropriate...
Date: July 3, 2024
Published: July 3, 2024 Norovirus, one of the most common causes of gastroenteritis, is currently on the increase in Ireland. This could lead to an increase in demand on healthcare facilities and staff. This period of higher levels of norovirus could continue...
Date: June 26, 2024
Published: June 26, 2024 Indicators continue to show moderate to high levels of COVID-19 transmission in Ireland. In week 25 (June 16-22, 2024): There were 1,042 confirmed cases of COVID-19 notified to the Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting system (CIDR...