A newborn baby and four children were among the 395 people newly diagnosed with HIV last year, it was disclosed today.

HIV testing of expectant mothers saved up to 100 unborn babies from contracting the virus in one four-year period.

Almost 300 pregnant woman who underwent voluntary antenatal HIV testing have been newly diagnosed with the virus, it emerged today.

LEADING health researchers have been appointed to examine all options — including a National Screening Programme — to combat the massive rise in the number of young people contracting chlamydia.

CHLAMYDIA, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility, now accounts for one third of all reported sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Ireland, new figures show.