One of Cork's largest employers confirms it is working with the HSE after a case of rubella — the first reported in Ireland in a decade — was identified on its campus.

One person has been diagnosed with rubella in this country for the first time in more than a decade.

The numbers of people presenting with suspected cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections increased last year in Cork and Kerry.

Universities are advising students to take a number of precautions to help limit the potential spread of the new strain of coronavirus until more is known about the infection.

The Health Service Executive has said it is investigating “an outbreak of gastro-enteritis” among senior camogie squads in Limerick, Wexford and Kerry, after all three counties competed at an event in Co Limerick on June 29 last.

A Cork creche may remain closed for up to a week because of an outbreak of the E.coli bug, which can cause severe illness, particularly in young children.

GPs are asking parents to be vigilant for signs and symptoms of meningitis after the death of a young girl in the last 24 hours.

Only two of the 20 people infected with measles following an outbreak in Limerick city were vaccinated against the disease.

The HSE is to offer free doses of the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine, after confirming six new cases in Limerick city today, bringing to 10 the total number of cases in the city since January 3.

Homeless people are 30 times more likely to self-harm than those living in fixed residences, according to a new study analysing five years of hospital presentations.

Many people involved in the health service are not happy with the overall quality of the policy-making process regarding how emergency services are configured and are also dissatisfied with the level of public debate on the issue, a study has found.

Two cases of measles have been identified in north Dublin, the HSE has said.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has expressed concern after figures showed a rise in meningococcal disease in Cork and Kerry.

The number of people treated for abusing former headshop drugs dropped dramatically following the introduction of laws effectively banning the trade, research indicates.

Ground-breaking research by the Cork-based National Suicide Research Foundation into deaths during the recession has found that the “extreme measures” by the Government during the recession contributed to the rise in suicides among vulnerable people.

A public health warning has been issued after it was confirmed an adult with measles visited a number of locations in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, and in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in recent weeks.

There was a surge of 22% in the number of clinically confirmed cases of syphilis last year, new figures show.

The HSE has set up a special intervention team in response to a rise in new HIV cases among homeless drug users in Dublin City.

A conference on socio-economic inequality in Dublin will today hear that while people’s life expectancy is improving, the gap in mortality rates between the professional and working classes is continuing to grow.

Salt is essential for our bodies, but experts say children are consuming far too much of it, which could lead to serious health problems. Clodagh Finn reports.

The winners in the US Supreme Court case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall yesterday, about an hour after a federal appeals court freed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licences for the first time in four years.

The Irish Heart Foundation has said a tax on sugar sweetened drinks (SSDs) 'seems like a no-brainer to protect our children' against obesity.

A public health emergency is under way after a student was diagnosed with drug-resistant TB, an extremely aggressive form of the disease which has mutated to effectively outgun existing treatments.

THE advertising watchdog has told Guinness they can’t run a rugby ad again because it linked the drink with sporting success and greatness.

A CRECHE in Limerick has been closed following an outbreak of diarrhoea among children attending the facility.

WOMEN who are stressed out while trying for a baby could be more likely to have girls, research suggests.

DOZENS of prisoners and wardens at three of the country’s most crowded jails have been diagnosed with TB just days after the release of a highly critical review of the system.

A TB outbreak at a Cork primary school where 40 people have been infected has exhibited “an extraordinarily high rate of attack” and confounded public health officials who have been unable to identify the source.

MORE than 200 primary school children are to be screened for TB at a Cork school just days before the start of a new term.

HEALTH professionals were forced to set up a temporary treatment station in Cork Airport late on Saturday night after 15 passengers on a plane from Tenerife starting vomiting.

A massive blast blew apart a US power plant as workers building it purged natural gas lines, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more.

AT LEAST five people died in a power plant explosion in the US state of Connecticut yesterday.

A grieving US family learned their 95-year-old great-grandmother had been cremated when they found a stranger’s body in her coffin, and a funeral home is being investigated in the incident.

MOTORISTS continue to flout the law using mobile phones while driving — with women more inclined to use handsets than men.

PARENTS of young children have been warned about the dangers of unsecured television sets after a spate of tragic accidents.

A LIMERICK holiday- maker may have contracted TB from contaminated air in the plane that took her to a sun destination.

An investigation into a hospital blunder has been launched after the newborn twins of US actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly were reportedly given an overdose of a blood thinner.

A TOP seaside resort has been at the centre of a major health scare.

A CASE of a potentially fatal disease caused by eating undercooked meat infected with the larvae of a worm was reported in Ireland for the first time last month.

A CASE of a potentially fatal disease caused by eating undercooked meat infected with the larvae of a worm was reported in Ireland for the first time last month.

MOST white, brown and wholemeal breads on sale in Ireland will be fortified with folic acid to benefit babies by the middle of next year, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said yesterday.

EPA director Larry Stapleton (Irish Examiner letters, November 11) said that in my letter (Irish Examiner, October 31) I ignored the fact that dioxin levels in Ireland were low compared with the EU limit.