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# INFECTIONS

Last year
2022
# knock-on effects
Summer Covid wave causing 'havoc' for businesses struggling with staff shortages
Flight cancellations from airlines are one symptom but there are others.
With infection levels high, there are knock-on effects across several sectors.
The hospitality sector was already short-staffed before the recent wave.
Unions are calling for increased protections including the INMO in hospitals.
With cases on the rise, what is the current advice if you catch Covid-19?
Covid-19 cases rise more than 26% in single week
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Jul 2nd 2022, 12:02 AM
All time
# tally
Russia now has the second highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world
The country has 232,243 cases, surpassing the UK and Spain.
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May 12th 2020, 2:53 PM
# Courts
Man goes on trial accused of causing serious harm to two ex-girlfriends by passing on HIV
The man has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the two women.
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Jun 25th 2018, 5:18 PM
# open wide
More people are being hospitalised because of problems with their teeth
The IDA is calling on the Tánaiste to reinstate the PRSI dental scheme.
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Apr 17th 2015, 6:10 AM
# Newborns
More antibiotics would stop rise in dangerous Strep B infections in babies - scientists
New research has recorded a rise of 60% in cases of the infection over the past 25 years in the Netherlands.
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Oct 20th 2014, 7:15 AM
# Smoking
Government to consider free nicotine patches for pregnant women
Minister of State Alex White told the Dáil yesterday that it is estimated that between 18 per cent and 21 per cent of Irish women smoke during pregnancy.
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Nov 15th 2013, 10:31 AM
# Healthcare
Stocks of antibiotic Augmentin could run out 'within months'
The antibiotic treats infections like bronchitis and pneumonia and may be unavailable in Ireland until late next year.
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Oct 18th 2013, 1:16 PM
# Health
"Radical action" needed to tackle lack of handwashing in hospitals
However, head of transplantation at Beaumont Hospital, David Hickey, said that sanctions were “stupid”.
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Sep 5th 2013, 10:11 AM
# Sex
Slight drop in STIs - but gonorrhoea at highest figures ever recorded
There were 1,110 cases of gonorrhea in Ireland last year – an increase of one third on the previous year.
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Apr 6th 2013, 7:45 AM
# Drugs
Taking antibiotics for colds and flu is pointless - pharmacists
Pharmacists have warned that overuse of antibiotics is a major public health threat – and that we could eventually run out of effective antibiotics.
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Nov 21st 2012, 2:29 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix... now with added tastes from home
Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Nov 19th 2012, 7:45 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Nov 19th 2012, 4:56 PM
# INFECTIONS
One in 20 patients has hospital acquired infection
5.2 per cent of patients get infection within two days of admission, after a medical device was inserted or after surgery.
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Nov 19th 2012, 12:42 PM
# Woof
New study finds that babies with pets are healthier
New research has found that babies who have contact with cats and dogs are less likely to develop respiratory infections.
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Jul 10th 2012, 11:30 AM
# Hand hygiene
Wash your hands: Irish start-up aims to beat hospital superbugs worldwide
The Irish company has been chosen by the WHO to promote hand hygiene globally. Thirty-five percent of healthcare facilities are at an inadequate or basic level.
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May 12th 2012, 7:45 AM
# MRSA
Rates of MRSA drop to the lowest recorded in Ireland
However, we still has a “relatively high” prevalence of the infection in comparison to the majority of European countries.
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Feb 5th 2012, 8:40 AM
# Health
Measles cases on the rise - report
While incidences of MRSA were the lowest ever recorded by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the number of measles cases in Ireland rose by 149 per cent last year.
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Dec 20th 2011, 9:59 AM
# INFECTIONS
Superdrug could cure all viral infections
US researchers say they’ve developed a drug that could cure the common cold, ‘flu and other ailments not affected by antibiotics.
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Aug 11th 2011, 2:07 PM