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Fewer than 5,000 people in Ireland estimated to have disease but many are hard-to-reach drug users

Four patients at St James’ Hospital clinic referred with post-coronavirus vaccine symptoms

Public health officials planning to ‘reboot’ messaging around coronavirus protection

Lyme disease needs to be recognised in Ireland as a "long-term illness", independent TD Marc MacS...

Education Minister Norma Foley said advice on whether the rapid Covid-19 tests should be used in schools was expected in mid-March.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has been urged by a group of doctors to clear the way for widespread use of rapid Covid-19 tests. A group of 13 senior medics, including Prof Jack Lambert from the Mater Hospital, have criticised the “lack of urgency” being shown by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) towards the use of the rapid testing. In a letter to Mr Donnelly, the group said rapid antigen detection testing (RADT) “represents a massive opportunity for our entire island�...

The strain of Covid-19 is building in hospitals and growing numbers of very ill patients with the virus are ending up in intensive care.