Date: June 19, 2024
Published: June 19, 2024 Indicators of COVID-19 circulation are continuing to increase. This latest wave is a reminder that COVID-19 continues to circulate throughout the year and still causes a substantial burden on the population and our health services when...
Date: June 6, 2024
Published: June 6, 2024 On 5th June 2024, ECDC published a Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) to raise awareness of an increase in cases of parvovirus B19, particularly for groups at increased risk for complications from infection. These groups are pregnant women, pe...
Date: June 4, 2024
Published: June 4, 2024 Indicators of COVID-19 circulation in Ireland are increasing. Several other European countries are reporting signals of increased COVID-19 activity also. The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is currently the predominant variant in Ireland and glob...
Date: May 17, 2024
Published: May 17, 2024 This year, the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage will take place between 14th June 2024 and 19th June, 2024 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The Hajj is one of the world’s largest religious events, taking place annually. Mass gatherin...
Date: May 1, 2024
Published: May 1, 2024 Up to 400 people estimated to be infected with Lyme disease each year in Ireland* Learn how to protect against and remove ticks Marking Tick Awareness Day (Wednesday, 1 May 2024), the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is o...
Date: May 1, 2024
Published: May 1, 2024 Up to 400 people estimated to be infected with Lyme disease each year in Ireland* Learn how to protect against and remove ticks Marking Tick Awareness Day (Wednesday, 1 May 2024), the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is o...
Date: April 25, 2024
Published: April 25, 2024 World Malaria Day takes place on 25th April and is commemorated annually to highlight the burden of malaria globally and the progress made to date by the global community towards malaria control. In highlighting this year's event, the...
Date: April 5, 2024
Published: April 5, 2024 Interactive access to the latest statistics for notifiable infectious diseases in Ireland is available on a new data hub. The HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) new data hub, displays, for the first time, data for 79 no...
Date: March 27, 2024
Published: March 27, 2024 Striving to End Tuberculosis – A Strategy for Ireland 2024 - 2030 outlines the priorities, objectives, actions and enablers needed to end TB in Ireland. TB remains a significant public health issue both globally and in Ireland. Althou...
Date: March 26, 2024
Published: March 26, 2024 The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has published the annual data on STI for 2023, today March 26th, 2024. There have been significant increases in 2023 compared with 2022 and pre COVID-19 pandemic, this is similar to oth...
Date: March 21, 2024
Published: March 21, 2024 The theme of World TB Day 2024 - ‘Yes! We can end TB!’ – is a prompt to get back on track and turn the tide against the global TB epidemic. TB remains a significant public health issue both globally and in Ireland. Although there has...
Date: March 8, 2024
Published: March 8, 2024 There have been two confirmed measles cases in Ireland in 2024 The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified on 6th March 2024 of a second case of confirmed measles in Ireland, based in the West. HSE Public Health teams, a...