A HIV prevention strategy using a highly effective drug will be launched in the autumn.

A HIV prevention strategy using a highly effective drug will be launched in the autumn.

A PrEP HIV prevention programme will be rolled out for 2019.

A HIV prevention strategy using “a highly effective drug “ would ward off around 173 infections over the first five years of the programme, according to the Health Information and Quality Authority.

HIQA has launched a public consultation on a draft health technology assessment (HTA) of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme for people at substantial risk of HIV.

Offering men the same protection against cancer-causing HPV as women is a matter of justice, the Irish Cancer Society says.

The HSE has put in place a private air ambulance service to bring seriously ill children to British hospitals for transplants after difficulties arose with the night-time service provided by the Air Corps and Irish Coast Guard.

The State’s health watchdog is assessing whether boys should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), a highly contagious virus spread through sexual contact.

A new and better way of detecting cervical cancer recommended by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) will mean most women will be screened less often.

The State’s health services watchdog is worried that people who have never smoked will start using e-cigarettes as they become more socially acceptable.

The body which represents firms selling e-cigarettes in Ireland has questioned concerns over vaping being a gateway to smoking.

The health watchdog has recommended establishing a national emergency service providing next generation stroke therapy which has been shown to help some patients regain greater functional independence.

E-cigarettes are a cost-effective way of helping people to quit smoking, the first official analysis of its kind in Europe has found.

The vaccination against TB could become a selective jab and not one given to all babies under proposed changes by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa).

The case for introducing a national screening programme to help identify over 65s who are most at risk of stroke has been given added impetus after the State’s health watchdog found that it is likely to be cost-effective.

The Health Information and Quality Authority’s director of regulation, Phelim Quinn, has been appointed the Authority’s acting chief executive from today.

Elderly people could soon find it more difficult to get hip and knee operations under new recommendations which say many of these are not “cost-effective”.

Hospital referral thresholds for a range of common hand and back procedures will cut the number of people referred unnecessarily for surgical treatment, the State’s health watchdog has said.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn says EU research plays a key role in the battle against Aids, malaria and tuberculosis.

Surgery referrals for non life-threatening conditions such as cataracts, varicose veins, and tonsillitis could be significantly curtailed from next year because many of the patients involved do not need the treatment.

Women under the age of 50 at greater risk of breast cancer due to family history or genetic predisposition should be checked annually as part of an organised surveillance programme, according to the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa).

Access to some of Ireland’s most common hospital surgeries could be drastically cut in a HSE bid to reroute funds for lifesaving services with chronic waiting lists.