Vaccine

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SGareth O'Callaghan: Even the godfather of AI is warning us about artificial intelligence now
Congress Kennedy
Gareth O'Callaghan: Vaccination is vital for people with chronic illness as covid and flu season returns
Gareth O'Callaghan on living with COPD, the return of flu and covid, and why vaccine misinformation — especially from RFK Jr — puts vulnerable people at risk

Sat, 29 Nov, 2025

Sick couple sneezing together covering mouth with wipes in a park
Up to 1,500 could be hospitalised with flu by Christmas week – minister
A new flu strain 'subclade K' now circulating in Ireland is said to cause more severe symptoms than previous strains of influenza 

Fri, 28 Nov, 2025

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Trinity College researchers claim to have developed 'groundbreaking' whooping cough vaccine
The Irish-based developers say the new method could potentially stop patients infecting other people with whooping cough

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Working Life: It’s fantastic that children will be protected against chickenpox as it isn't just a mild illness
Working Life: It’s fantastic that children will be protected against chickenpox as it isn't just a mild illness
Dr Chantal Migone, Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the HSE National Immunisation Office (NIO)

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Medical students warned that trust in doctors is under severe threat
Medical students warned that trust in doctors is under severe threat
Conspiracy theories about vaccines and covid having destuctive impact, head of the school of medicine at Trinity College Dublin warns

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Coronavirus - Wed May 6, 2020
Catherine Connolly 'did not support' Gemma O'Doherty's bid for presidency when nominating her
The sole current presidential election candidate said she nominated Ms O'Doherty in 2018 'to give her a chance to stand'

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025

RFK Jr. Fluoride
US Health Secretary RFK is systematically undermining vaccine confidence globally 
Despite insisting at confirmation hearings that he's not anti-vaccine, Robert F Kennedy Jr has sowed doubt about science, limited access to vaccines, and halted research funding

Wed, 13 Aug, 2025

Aucklanders Encouraged To Vaccinate As Measles Cases Continue To Rise
Measles cases rise in Europe as HSE issues vaccine reminder for travellers
A lag in the number of children receiving vaccinations against measles has led to the surge, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

Collapse of USAID leaves a gap in our huge fight against malaria
Collapse of USAID leaves a gap in our huge fight against malaria
The price of a pint per person in Ireland could help us to plug the gap left by the Trump administration 

Fri, 25 Apr, 2025

General Election Ireland 2024
Elaine Loughlin: Richard Boyd Barrett starts what’s likely to be his most gruelling campaign yet
Richard Boyd Barrett’s cancer diagnosis is a powerful reminder of the human cost of missed HPV vaccinations in Ireland

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

South Sudan: 'People in our community are fearful because this cholera outbreak will cost many lives'
South Sudan: 'People in our community are fearful because this cholera outbreak will cost many lives'
The Irish Examiner travelled to South Sudan to meet with some of the 1.1m refugees who have fled across the border from civil war in Sudan. Women, children and men all shared stories of pain but also of their hope for something better in their futures

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Taoiseach visit to the US
Taoiseach 'concerned' anti-vaccine sentiment will affect immunisation levels
Micheál Martin warned that "a fad" can emerge 'where people start jumping onto a particular thought process or thread in respect of specific vaccines'

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

Measles is killing children in Texas. We can, and should, stop it in its tracks here
Measles is killing children in Texas. We can, and should, stop it in its tracks here
Increased vaccine hesitancy means we are on the brink of measles making a return. We need to act now, writes Afif El Khuffash

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

Aucklanders Encouraged To Vaccinate As Measles Cases Continue To Rise
Irish Examiner view: Low jab rates store trouble for the future
We are almost numb by now to the level of overcrowding in our hospitals, but such overcrowding can be particularly dangerous when it comes to the spread of respiratory diseases spreading

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025

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What can we do better to halt the surge in flu cases and hospital overcrowding?
There are hopeful signs that a universal vaccine may emerge in the near future that has the potential to reduce the need for an annual flu vaccination booster which would be a gamechanger in the annual surge in flu cases, writes Catherine Conlon

Mon, 13 Jan, 2025

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Misinformation and vaccine fatigue has 'inundated' hospitals with flu patients, says consultant
Professor Patrick Mitchell called for a change in how vaccines are promoted here

Fri, 10 Jan, 2025

Female doctor is taking a child patient's temperature using a digital thermometer at pediatric office
More than 740 flu patients in hospital as pressure mounts
Symptoms of flu in children can include a high temperature, muscle pains, headache and extreme tiredness

Fri, 27 Dec, 2024

U.K. Paves Way for First Tests to Expose People to Coronavirus
Catherine Conlon: Getting the flu vaccine now will protect your loved ones this Christmas
The number of flu cases that have ended up in hospital has almost doubled in a single week

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Interim CMO calls on people to get flu and covid vaccines
Interim CMO calls on people to get flu and covid vaccines
Mary Horgan pointed out that the uptake of the RSV vaccine for newborns has been so successful only 23 cases have been reported this winter

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

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Vaccine reduces RSV cases among newborns, but flu cases on the rise
Professor Mary Horgan said they expect flu cases to peak after Christmas

Tue, 03 Dec, 2024

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Picking Robert F Kennedy for health job reveals Donald Trump’s conspiracy-laden agenda
He says his goal is to ‘make America healthy again’. But behind the laudable slogan, there’s a morass of crackpot theories

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Roy Butler inquest hears Janssen 'had no idea' of reported number of fatalities after covid jab
Roy Butler inquest hears Janssen 'had no idea' of reported number of fatalities after covid jab
Medical safety officer for Janssen’s covid-19 vaccine told Cork Coroner’s Court he does not believe it was linked to Roy Butler's death

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

'I just want the truth': Family seek answers at inquest into death of Waterford man days after covid jab
'I just want the truth': Family seek answers at inquest into death of Waterford man days after covid jab
Roy Butler, 23, was described as being very fit and healthy up to the day he had one dose of the Janssen covid vaccine 

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Coronavirus - Tue Jul 14, 2020
GP before Medical Council inquiry over covid vaccine and mask claims
Witnesses say medic did not wear face mask, and displayed anti-vaccine posters in his surgery

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Anti-vaccine rhetoric from RFK is a profound threat to public health
Anti-vaccine rhetoric from RFK is a profound threat to public health
A report identified Robert F Kennedy Jr as one of the top 12 individuals responsible for a majority of anti-vaccine content circulating online

Mon, 26 Aug, 2024

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Lung cancer vaccine: How does it work?
The first patient to have the vaccine – Janusz Racz, 67, from London – had six consecutive injections given five minutes apart over a half hour period

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

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Call for authorities not to make same error as last mpox outbreak
European health bodies warn that more cases in the region are "highly likely". 

Sun, 18 Aug, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Covid-19 inquiry — A legal duty of candour
Irish Examiner view: Covid-19 inquiry — A legal duty of candour
It would be foolish to drop our guard

Sat, 17 Aug, 2024

U.K. Paves Way for First Tests to Expose People to Coronavirus
HSE to introduce €100m system for State's vaccine programmes
The HSE said the National Immunisation Information System is intended to support the delivery of vaccine programmes, the effective monitoring of the coverage of vaccines across the population, and to allow 'targeted action to address any health inequalities'

Thu, 08 Aug, 2024

Letters to the Editor: There are no easy solutions to the scourge of homelessness
Letters to the Editor: There are no easy solutions to the scourge of homelessness
The deaths of two men in the Grand Canal focuses minds on the lives of those who end up homeless

Thu, 11 Jul, 2024

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RSV vaccine programme to be rolled out for newborns to prevent winter spike
There were 1,397 RSV hospitalisations in infants under one year of age last year, with more than 1,000 of these under the age of six months

Tue, 18 Jun, 2024

Dublin hospital to enter first of its kind clinical trial in 'bespoke' cancer vaccines
Dublin hospital to enter first of its kind clinical trial in 'bespoke' cancer vaccines
Consultant oncologist Sebastian Trainor said the trials 'are ground-breaking' for patients who have undergone cancer surgery in the past

Wed, 12 Jun, 2024

Catherine Conlon: Add the measles vaccine to your summer holiday checklist
Catherine Conlon: Add the measles vaccine to your summer holiday checklist
Passport, tickets, MMR vaccine... Amid a global upsurge of measles, families are advised to avoid the miserable and possibly life-changing illness by ensuring they've all had the vaccine

Sun, 09 Jun, 2024

'Rampant misinformation' marred bid to battle measles, says Health Minister
'Rampant misinformation' marred bid to battle measles, says Health Minister
Almost a fifth of males aged 18 to 19 are 'non-immune' according to official documents

Thu, 06 Jun, 2024

Coronavirus - Tue Dec 21, 2021
People at risk urged to book their free covid booster
Older adults in long-term care facilities, people aged 80 and over, and children aged five and up who are immunocompromised can avail of the free booster vaccine

Fri, 24 May, 2024

Cahirmee horse fair
Pfizer lifts full-year profit forecast after earnings top estimates
Investors have also been tracking the performance of the company's new RSV vaccine, which has been trailing a rival shot from GSK since they both launched

Wed, 01 May, 2024

Parents urged to vaccinate babies against serious illnesses such as measles and whooping cough
Parents urged to vaccinate babies against serious illnesses such as measles and whooping cough
HSE public health consultants appeal to parents in the wake of an unusually high number of cases of preventable infections

Sat, 20 Apr, 2024

Measles warning
Catherine Conlon: Could pharmacies help prevent measles surge?
With a measles spike expected following the Easter break, should pharmacies be added to the arsenal of GPs and countrywide walk-in vaccination clinics?

Sun, 31 Mar, 2024

GP surgery stock
'We let bureaucracy get in the way': Call for faster appraisal of new RSV treatment
The Beyfortus RSV antibody treatment has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and is undergoing assessment for Ireland

Tue, 26 Mar, 2024

Aucklanders Encouraged To Vaccinate As Measles Cases Continue To Rise
HSE begins catch-up programme for MMR vaccine after Ireland records fifth measles case
It will be made available free of charge at GPs to all groups — particularly to those aged under 18.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2024

Aucklanders Encouraged To Vaccinate As Measles Cases Continue To Rise
Catherine Conlon: Truth spreads like thick porridge, but disinformation travels like wildfire 
In a post-pandemic world, disinformation is causing humanity to slide backwards

Sun, 17 Mar, 2024

Aucklanders Encouraged To Vaccinate As Measles Cases Continue To Rise
HSE warns of measles outbreak in asylum seeker accommodation
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said: 'The probability of introduction and transmission of measles in Ireland is high and the impact of the disease is high.'

Wed, 13 Mar, 2024

MMR jabs
Three more children and an adult suspected to have measles
Among the four new cases, one is in the east of the country, one in the Midlands and two are in the southeast region.

Thu, 15 Feb, 2024

MMR jabs
Doctors urge people to get vaccine as Ireland 'at high risk' of measles outbreak
Among junior infants, the vaccine uptake is at 87% overall when 95% is required to prevent the spread of measles, the latest HSE/HPSC data shows

Fri, 09 Feb, 2024

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