The President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Professor Mary Horgan has said that there is a lot of hospital and community preparation underway in anticipation of an increase in testing for Covid-19.

Festivals are an ideal setting for casual sex but how much do revellers know about sexually transmitted infections, asks Áilín Quinlan.

A lack of psychological and social therapies for people with mental health difficulties is partly to blame for high prescribing rates for antidepressants. That’s according to doctors addressing the Oireachtas joint health committee on foot of recent media reports on overuse of prescription drugs.

With hook-up apps and chem-sex becoming more popular, it is important to stay safe in bed, especially during the party season, says Áilin Quinlan

UCC's Dean of Medicine Professor Mary Horgan has been elected as the first female president elect of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.

If you went down to a college yesterday, you’d have been in for a big surprise.

A man whose death was reported by his family to be linked to a spider bite in fact died from a ruptured oesophagus, an inquest heard.

Casual Christmas flings by people who went further than a kiss under the mistletoe have led to a record spike in calls to STI clinics.

The extracts from council minutes and other documentation which established the municipal rate for 2012 are to be made available to a number of Killarney rate payers yesterday after an application by their solicitor.

Considering the contentious nature of the case, it is perhaps unsurprising that even the make-up of the HSE “clinical review” into Savita Halappanavar’s death has repeatedly been dogged by controversy.

PEOPLE take more risks, have more partners, drink more — and, from an earlier age indulge in more sexual contact, often without protection.

Health Minister James Reilly has been urged to scrap the existing HSE inquiry into Savita Halappanavar’s death by asking the Health Information Quality Authority to take over its control.

The HSE has published the draft terms of reference for its investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar.

An inquiry into Savita Halappanavar’s death has been thrown into further disarray after the health minister admitted it may be incomplete without her husband’s support.

Almost 40 UCC academics last night welcomed the decision to withdraw an invitation to British far-right leader Nick Griffin to take part in a university debate on free speech.

THE vendor wants to take up his beds, and berths, and walk.

THERE has been a significant increase in the number of people in Cork and Kerry infected with HIV, according to a senior consultant dealing with sexually transmitted diseases.

The joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has called for the introduction of a new vaccine programme to ensure that girls between the ages of 11 and 12 are protected against cervical cancer before they become sexually active.

THE number of people being screened at Cork clinics for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has almost trebled in the last 10 years.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Leaving Cert students contracting sexually-transmitted diseases while on post-exam holidays, according to experts.

The past decade has seen a frightening increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and frolicking in sun resorts is a major contributory factor, according to a leading hospital consultant.

ALCOHOL abuse is fuelling the record rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a leading expert warned yesterday.