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# mumps - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
HSE offers free MMR shots to combat 'significant' rise in mumps
It follows a sharp increase in the number of cases of the illness last year.
# mumps - Friday 17 January, 2020
HSE issues mumps warning as 132 cases reported last week - the highest weekly number in over a decade
Symptoms of mumps include fever, headache and painful swollen salivary glands.
# mumps - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
Number of mumps cases in 2019 four times higher than last year
The HSE said has said the increase in numbers is linked to the spread of misinformation about vaccines on social media.
# mumps - Thursday 28 November, 2019
Mumps and measles on the rise in Ireland as people share discredited research online
Dr Kevin Kelleher of the HSE said Andrew Wakefield’s research linking vaccines to autism has been “utterly discredited”.
# mumps - Friday 25 October, 2019
Dublin universities send warnings to students over mumps outbreak in the capital
In September, Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 69 cases of mumps.
# mumps - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
'It's not a coincidence': HSE expert links latest mumps outbreak to discredited study of MMR vaccine
The HSE is still trying to determine how many people have been affected by the outbreak.
# mumps - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
45 people diagnosed after mumps outbreak in the west
People aged 15 to 29 years old have been affected by the outbreak, the HSE has said.
# mumps - Saturday 24 March, 2018
Third vaccine dose may be needed to stop people getting mumps in their 30s
There have been a number of mumps outbreaks among adults in the US recently, including on college campuses.
# mumps - Sunday 23 August, 2015
'No chance of Neymar joining Manchester United'
The Barcelona forward was linked with a move to Old Trafford in newspaper reports
# mumps - Saturday 8 November, 2014
Frozen, Morning Ireland, and the C word: The week in numbers
Plus: How many new cars have been sold in Ireland so far this year?
# mumps - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
Loads of people have got the mumps this year
And the HSE wants them to get the MMR.
# mumps - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
These are the outbreaks of measles in Ireland since 2008
In total, the Council for Foreign Relations has tracked 432 cases since 2008.
# mumps - Friday 17 May, 2013
Poll: Should vaccinations be compulsory for children?
A court has ruled that a 5-year-old boy must get his booster shots, but should vaccinations for children be compulsory across the board?
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Poll: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
WELL, IT’S BEEN a week of blue skies across the country, with little rain in sight.
While it’s forecast to be colder over the weekend than in recent days, conditions, for the most part, are due to remain dry and sunny.
Temperatures today are to range between 9 and 15 degrees.
With little to no rain in sight at the moment, we’re wondering – are you itching for a rainy day? Or are you loving the sunshine?
So, today we want to know: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
Poll Results:
Sunshine, definitely (9347)
I like both (1669)
Rain, for sure (726)
I actually prefer snow more than anything (496)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: Economic activity is primed to resume after Covid-19. In the meantime, it’s about survival
By Robert Sweeney
A 'virtual birthday' and an over-walked dog: One Irish mammy's experience of Covid-19 distancing
By Amanda Magnier
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