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More deaths feared as swine flu cases soar

Sunday October 25 2009

MORE deaths from swine flu are expected after a huge surge in infection rates.

Measles alert as cases on increase

Friday October 23 2009

Parents have been urged to ensure their children are vaccinated against measles after a number of outbreaks of the disease across the country.

Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer, Department of Health

Three die from swine flu as infection rate escalates

Friday October 23 2009

Three more people have died from swine flu as cases of the virus surge.

Hospital superbug still a threat

Tuesday October 13 2009

HOSPITALS in Cork and Galway topped the league table for MRSA infections in the first three months of the year, new figures reveal.

John, Darragh and Valerie Considine at home in Cork

E coli: 'Our little boy's brush with lethal bug'

Monday October 05 2009

A recent outbreak of E coli at a farm in the UK, where a group of children became seriously ill, has brought back some nasty memories for one Irish family.

New guidelines will help keep Legionnaires' at bay

Monday October 05 2009

Legionnaires' disease rarely makes the headlines here but seven people have died from the infection between 2000 and 2008. There was a well-publicised outbreak last year in a Dublin office and a number of people were infected but recovered. New guidelines have now been issued to control the disease, following 12 reported cases last year.

At-risk groups warned as swine flu kills two women

Friday October 02 2009

People with high-risk medical conditions were last night urged not to delay getting treatment for swine flu after the virus claimed the lives of two more women.

Swine flu and you

Tuesday September 08 2009

runny nose, and headaches. Some people have vomiting and diarrhoea. While it is usually mild, some people may develop complications such as pneumonia.

Hundreds catch swine-flu virus in school outbreaks

Monday September 21 2009

ALMOST 400 children have contracted swine flu in schools and Irish language colleges.

Flu cases decline despite return to schools

Friday September 18 2009

Some 23 people suffering from swine flu were hospitalised last week -- but the number of school outbreaks of the virus decreased, health officials said yesterday.

Rainy summer causes surge of Ecoli infections in private wells

Thursday September 10 2009

HEAVY rainfall last summer left households that rely on private water wells at greater risk of contracting a potentially lethal form of Ecoli.