World Health Organisation

For six months, Augustine has scrutinised Beatrice from his isolation ward window. Ensconced on the same wooden bench every day, she cradles their new(...)

The Minister for Health’s proposals to introduce a free contraception scheme after the abortion referendum is positive news for everyone. Internationa(...)

The rate of uptake of the cervical cancer vaccine increased by 15 percentage points in the last year, figures from the Health Service Executive (HSE) (...)

The increasing use of solid fuels such as wood chippings and peat products to heat homes is causing “extreme air pollution” in Dublin, scientists at N(...)

Smoking, drinking, obesity and “under-vaccination” are hindering progress in the field of health in some European countries but there has been a susta(...)

An Irish food-processing company has produced what it claims to be the first rasher in Ireland without nitrite preservatives, which have been linked t(...)

The wave of obesity sweeping across the developed world shows no signs of abating. Ireland has one of the highest rates in Europe, with one in four ad(...)

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, hasn’t been having a great few weeks. There was the bizarre – and totally unfounded – tweet callin(...)

Direct intervention in the ageing process itself will soon help reduce illnesses associated with getting old, and increase lifespan and quality of liv(...)

Irish women lead substantially less active lives than men and a significant percentage of both genders are at risk of serious disease through a lack o(...)