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Banning teens from using social media a âblunt instrumentâ, health professionals told
Position paper on online wellbeing launched on Friday calls on Government to take more action to protect children online
Should plans to put cancer warning labels on alcohol go ahead? A doctor and a wine expert debate
Ireland is to become worldâs first country to bring in mandatory health labelling on alcohol products, although Paschal Donohoe has said this may need to be re-examined
âInjecting yourself daily is difficult to navigate at workâ: Managing fertility treatment while working
Meath woman Lisa McGee says being open with managers about her experience alleviated stress
New system for appointing judges is an âimportant safeguardâ for judicial independence â Chief Justice
Commission of judges and lay members to begin public work this week
Adult vaccination programme needed to save lives and money, report says
Report commissioned by pharmaceutical company GSK says ageing population means need for vaccination is growing
Tobacco sales: Raising legal age to 21 should be âstepping stoneâ to complete phase-out, charity says
Irish Heart Foundation says decision to increase to 21 the age at which a person can legally be sold tobacco âone of the most important public health measuresâ
Dr Anthony Fauci honoured for his contribution to public health by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
American doctor and scientistâs guidance informed the decisions of seven US presidents during his career
Should assisted dying be legalised? Louise Campbell and Des OâNeill debate
An Oireachtas committee has recommended legislating for assisted dying in restricted circumstances for those with just six months to live â or 12 where they are suffering from a neurodegenerative condition
Vapes may soon be taxed more heavily to discourage use among young people
The legal age for buying tobacco and vapes should also be increased to 21, says RCPI faculty
âI was like, I donât know how sick you have to be, but I am pretty sure Iâm thereâ
Specialist clinic validates âmisunderstoodâ pregnancy complication of hyperemesis gravidarum
Doctors claim Government failing to counteract ârelentless pro-cannabis messagingâ in media
Group of top 21 doctors write letter arguing âavoidable miseryâ is being caused by the drug â including record hospital admissions
âTone-deafâ instruction on treating patients criticised by emergency doctors
Group calls on Royal College of Physicians to withdraw instruction to hospitals not to have trainee doctors examine long-waiting patients
HSE at odds with medical training body over treatment of emergency department patients
Hospitals told to allow specialist teams outside ED review patients suffering delays
Hospitals warned against using medical trainees to assess ED patients
RCPI says it may withdraw accreditation from sites where junior doctors see triaged patients from ED
Patients at risk as Ireland lies far behind on digitisation of health services - expert
Unique patient identifier âshould have happened years agoâ, seminar told
Chris Fitzpatrick: There is a part of us that is forever England
An ardent nationalist writes that admitting who we truly are might help us find common ground to overcome political conflict
âThere arenât enough good people out thereâ: Why canât the HSE find more staff?
Young staff emigrating and older staff retiring early part of complex chain of problems
âMistakeâ not to include nursing representative on Covid Advisory Group â INMO
New team to replace Nphet and will advise Government on Irelandâs response to Covid
Tony Holohan to chair new Covid Advisory Group to replace Nphet
New faces on group include Luke OâNeill and ClĂona OâFarrelly with representative Taoiseachâs department yet to be confirmed
âA lot of people donât know neonatology exists â until they get a small baby who is sickâ
Over the decades, Prof John Murphy has seen many advances in the care of newborns
From 24-hour shifts to 8am-6pm days: Irish doctor relishes her new London life
Wild Geese: Jenny Stokes says her new home offers better work-life balance
New Ireland: Building a better healthcare system for all
With a jaded workforce and mounting backlogs, there have been hard lessons from the pandemic. Experts prescribe the HSEâs best route forward
Stateâs uptake of coronavirus vaccines to be among highest worldwide, says Holohan
Chief medical officer was speaking after receiving RCSI honour on Thursday
Explainer: What is Niac? The group behind key Covid-19 vaccine advice
Committeeâs advice has caused frustration and concerns it âoperates in isolationâ
Covid-19 infection led to second trimester miscarriage - RCPI
Medical body links coronavirus-related infection of placenta to B117 strain
Coronavirus: Two further deaths and 624 cases reported in State
Nphet member Dr Mary Horgan urges public to âthink before they travelâ over Easter
Public health measures still required after vaccinations, says Fauci
US infectious diseases expert urges caution over âplateauâ in cases, at Dublin online event
Cabinet to make final decision on format of Leaving Cert exams next week
Government hopes to have all schools open by the end of March, depending Covid numbers
Reopening of schools to be prioritised, public health doctors say
Special needs schools most seriously affected by closures, Dr Louise Kyne says
John Harbison obituary: The Irish Stateâs first forensic state pathologist
Harbison worked on the Kerry babies case and Sophie Toscan du Plantierâs murder
The beginning of the end: 10 things to know about Covid-19 vaccines
Almost a year since Covid-19 emerged, there is a chink of light at the end of the tunnel
Physician-assisted dying: Complex issue that requires open and honest debate
Dying with Dignity Bill brings up myriad of ethical, legal and moral issues. It is imperative that both sides of the debate are heard
Investment in more detailed contact tracing needed to reveal key Covid-19 trends
NPHET official cites âinternational evidenceâ for restaurantsâ role in spreading virus
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