# Vaccinations

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# flu season

HSE set to face difficult task in reaching flu vaccination targets for healthcare staff

Rates of healthcare worker vaccine uptake, particularly in nursing homes, remain low.

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Sep 12th 2020, 8:30 AM

# mumps

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.

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Jan 17th 2020, 10:12 PM

# Vaccines

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”.

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Nov 28th 2019, 7:27 PM

# mumps

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.

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Oct 25th 2019, 6:10 AM

# mandatory vaccinations

Harris says social media companies should ban accounts that spread misinformation about vaccines

Facebook says certain hashtags are banned and ads rejected in a bid to stop misinformation from gaining traction.

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Sep 10th 2019, 3:47 PM

# HPV

Harris asks social media companies and sporting organisations to help raise vaccine awareness

The health minister sent letters to companies like Facebook and Google in recent weeks.

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Sep 9th 2019, 6:10 AM

# Poll

Poll: Do you support mandatory vaccination?

Eleven European countries have mandatory vaccinations for a range of bacterial and viral infections.

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Aug 28th 2019, 9:27 AM

# Vaccines

New York ends religious exemption to vaccine requirements for school children

Meanwhile, Jessica Biel has said she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions.

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Jun 14th 2019, 10:49 PM

# immunisation

Virus which is the most common causes of gastroenteritis in children drops by 72% since vaccine rollout

Rotavirus disease is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in children.

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May 24th 2019, 6:10 AM

# Measles

Simon Harris has asked the Attorney General to look at mandatory vaccinations

Earlier this week, it was announced that Ireland had experienced a 204% increase in cases of measles.

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Apr 26th 2019, 1:00 PM

# Podcast

The Explainer: Why has Ireland had a 208% increase in measles cases?

In the next episode of our weekly podcast, we look at why cases of the illness are increasing in Ireland and other countries, despite a vaccination which prevents it.

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Apr 25th 2019, 11:15 AM

# RIP

'She loved the excitement of life': Funeral of vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan taking place in Clare

Laura Brennan will be laid to rest following the service in Ennis Cathedral this afternoon.

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Mar 27th 2019, 1:01 PM

# laura brennan

'An incredible young woman': Tributes paid to HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan

Brennan was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 24.

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Mar 20th 2019, 9:42 PM

# hse warning

Meningitis: HSE expert says rate of uptake of vaccine boosters is 'very disappointing'

The HSE yesterday issued an initial warning after the deaths of three people.

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Jan 10th 2019, 5:30 PM

# Vaccinations

'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.

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Oct 10th 2018, 10:34 AM

# Vaccinations

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.

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Mar 24th 2018, 4:00 PM

# social cleansing

Popularity on Facebook could be key to targeted flu vaccinations - study

A new study has concluded that people who are central in their digital networks are also central in their real-life human networks.

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Jan 5th 2018, 6:01 AM

# Vaccinations

Flu vaccine can protect children who receive it, as well as younger siblings - research

The HSE is urging all those at risk to get vaccinated.

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Nov 26th 2017, 9:30 AM

# Measles

Parents urged to vaccinate children after HSE notified of potential measles case in Cork

Two cases of measles were confirmed in Dublin last Friday.

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Oct 25th 2017, 12:37 PM

# Outbreak

People urged to get vaccinated as two measles cases confirmed in Dublin

An alert has been issued to all emergency departments and GPs in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow.

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Oct 20th 2017, 5:52 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should parents be jailed for refusing to vaccinate their child?

A mother in the US has been jailed for a week.

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Oct 5th 2017, 9:07 AM

# Payments

Vaccine compensation scheme being considered by government

Health Minister Simon Harris said his department is examining how to roll out a vaccination compensation programme.

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Aug 13th 2017, 4:00 PM

# family poll

Poll: Would you prevent your child from being vaccinated?

Childhood vaccinations are an important health measure, but not all parents are in favour.

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Aug 9th 2017, 4:29 PM

# America

Small decline in MMR vaccinations could have a serious effect

A 5% drop in measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations caused a threefold increase in annual measles cases, a new study found.

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Jul 30th 2017, 7:00 AM

# Contamination

15 infants die in South Sudan after children as young as 12 years old administer measles vaccine

The children died of “severe sepsis/toxicity”, the UN said.

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Jun 2nd 2017, 1:06 PM

# recommended

Poll: Should parents who don't get vaccinations for their children have child benefit cut in half?

Less than half of eligible girls began the series of HPV jabs last September, far lower than the target of 80%.

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May 3rd 2017, 9:22 AM

# Vaccinations

Daly tells Dáil that HSE blocked 14-year-old narcolepsy sufferer from accessing documents

Daly called it “one of the biggest public health scandals in recent years”.

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Apr 5th 2017, 8:38 AM

# Going Viral

'Hearsay on social media' being blamed for falling vaccine rates

A Trinity professor says such fear mongering presents a risk to the wider public.

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Feb 12th 2017, 12:05 AM

# Health

The number of people with the flu doubled during December

There were 46.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ireland suffering last month.

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Jan 3rd 2017, 7:25 AM

# Rotavirus

Babies born since October to get vaccinations against two more illnesses

Health Minister Simon Harris today said families could avail of the vaccinations from 1 December.

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Nov 22nd 2016, 2:35 PM

# Vaccinations

Matt Dawson shares images of two-year-old son battling meningitis to raise awareness

The former rugby player spoke out after a young British girl died from the condition.

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Feb 18th 2016, 12:15 PM

# Syria

Polio 'adding to Syria's humanitarian disaster' say aid agencies

A major vaccination campaign is underway, but UNICEF and WHO say aid workers need better and safer access to children in danger.

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Jul 23rd 2014, 11:09 AM

# Vaccinations

Cash incentives make drug users more likely to get vaccinated against hepatitis

The money is paid in supermarket vouchers.

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Apr 9th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Health

These are the outbreaks of measles in Ireland since 2008

In total, the Council for Foreign Relations has tracked 432 cases since 2008.

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Jan 21st 2014, 6:29 PM

# Tummy Ache

Babies should be vaccinated against stomach bug say experts

New plans from the National Immunisation Advisory Council include protecting against whooping cough and HPV.

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Dec 10th 2013, 12:35 PM

# you told us