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# vaccines - 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.
# vaccines - 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.
# vaccines - Thursday 9 January, 2020
'Losing our measles-free status is a real threat': No drop off in measles rate after cases tripled in 2018
There were 80 reported measles cases in Ireland in 2019.
# vaccines - 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.
# vaccines - 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”.
# vaccines - Friday 1 November, 2019
Measles can cause immune system to become 'more baby-like', study finds
The research found that the measles virus deletes part of the immune system’s memory.
# vaccines - 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.
# vaccines - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
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.
# vaccines - Saturday 31 August, 2019
How many European countries have lost their measles-free status? It's the week in numbers
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# vaccines - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Wealthier countries have less faith in vaccines, survey finds
91% of Irish people agreed that vaccines are important for children to have.
# vaccines - Friday 14 June, 2019
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.
# vaccines - Wednesday 5 June, 2019
13-month-old admitted to intensive care after parents influenced by anti-vaccine material online
The boy was admitted to University Hospital Galway.
# vaccines - Friday 26 April, 2019
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.
# vaccines - Sunday 31 March, 2019
People divided on banning unvaccinated children from schools
Most people agree with this stance but almost one in five are unsure, according to an opinion poll.
# vaccines - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
'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.
# vaccines - Monday 11 March, 2019
'Extremely encouraging': HPV uptake rate in Ireland is now at 70%
This marks an increase of 20 percentage points in just over two years.
# vaccines - Thursday 10 January, 2019
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.
# vaccines - Friday 7 December, 2018
Anti-vaccination myths can have devastating impacts on uptake rates, Harris warns EU
There has been an increase in HPV uptake rates to 65% in 2018.
# vaccines - Wednesday 22 August, 2018
13 cases of measles in Dublin's north inner city in recent weeks
Transmission has occurred in a number of hospitals and in households with “poor vaccine uptake”, the HSE said.
# vaccines - Friday 20 April, 2018
Vaccines: 'Those of us from an earlier era must speak out to stop little lives being wrecked'
New parents have so little knowledge of diseases like measles that they think the vaccine is more dangerous than the disease, writes Dr Ida Milne.
# vaccines - Thursday 5 October, 2017
Poll: Should parents be jailed for refusing to vaccinate their child?
A mother in the US has been jailed for a week.
# vaccines - Monday 4 September, 2017
Simon Harris was 'very disappointed and frustrated' at Finian McGrath's vaccine comments
Harris said he now feels McGrath “fully supports” the vaccination programme.
# vaccines - Thursday 22 June, 2017
Vaccines can be blamed for illness without scientific proof, EU court rules
The decision stems from the case of a man who developed MS shortly after being vaccinated against hepatitis B.
# vaccines - Friday 2 June, 2017
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.
# vaccines - Friday 12 May, 2017
Following chocolate comments, HSE says 'incentives' have helped vaccination rate rise 50%
“Vaccine hesitancy is increasingly becoming a major issue,” a HSE spokesperson said.
# vaccines - Thursday 11 May, 2017
Chocolate could encourage nurses to get flu vaccine, committee hears
There was a discussion around what is causing a mistrust of vaccines, which have eradicated many diseases in Ireland.
# vaccines - Friday 28 April, 2017
Health Minister slams 'false' and 'unfounded' claims from anti-vaccine campaigners
Highlighting the particular case of the HPV vaccine, Harris said he is very concerned about the fall in the uptake rate, which is heading below 50%.
# vaccines - Monday 24 April, 2017
HSE: Complacency over vaccines could cause death in Ireland
The HSE issued the warning this morning following a spate of deaths as a result of a measles outbreak in Europe.
# vaccines - Thursday 16 February, 2017
Robert DeNiro backs $100k reward pushed by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists
It comes as a controversial documentary is released in Ireland.
# vaccines - Sunday 12 February, 2017
'Hearsay on social media' being blamed for falling vaccine rates
A Trinity professor says such fear mongering presents a risk to the wider public.
# vaccines - Friday 7 October, 2016
The amount of young girls getting the HPV vaccine has dropped significantly
The HSE said it is concerned about the drop.
# vaccines - Wednesday 8 June, 2016
Here's where that €12 million taken from the mental health budget will be spent
The removal of the money caused anger among mental health campaigners.
# vaccines - Friday 13 May, 2016
Children and teens waiting over 12 months for a mental health appointment
New stats from the HSE about the first two months of the year have shown an improvement in the area.
# vaccines - Sunday 28 June, 2015
Poll: Should childhood vaccines be mandatory?
California is the latest state in the US to move towards making it mandatory.
# vaccines - Sunday 24 May, 2015
Children won't get vaccines for TB until June, but Leo says it's not a problem
The BCG vaccine is delayed.
# vaccines - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
Experimental Ebola vaccines may be lifeline for African countries
Hopes raised that the trial will “form the basis of a more potent vaccine” – there is currently no effective vaccine against the Ebola or Marburg virus.
# vaccines - Thursday 3 July, 2014
Emergency talks look for ways to halt worst outbreak of Ebola in history
A suggestion that untested vaccines should be used has attracted controversy.
# vaccines - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
'Another non-consensual mass medical experiment': Calls for investigation into symphysiotomy
The procedure, that left many woman with lifelong disabilities, was carried out in Ireland until the late 1980s.
# vaccines - Friday 30 May, 2014
HSE cannot contact home-schooled girls to provide HPV vaccine
The HSE are ‘not in a position’ to do so because of data protection issues.
# vaccines - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
We're vaccinating more children in Ireland than ever before
Vaccination rates are at their highest ever levels, the HSE said today.
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Poll: Should voting in the Seanad election be extended?
AS GOVERNMENT-FORMATION talks continue post-general election, some focus is now turning to the Seanad election.
The upper house consists of 60 senators who are appointed or elected in three different ways: The Taoiseach’s nominees, panels and the university panel.
There has been much discussion about the Seanad in recent years with many people viewing it as elitist and in need of being reformed or scrapped altogether. The public was asked in a referendum in October 2013 whether the Seanad should be abolished – 51.7% said No, 48.27% said Yes.
The public previously voted to extend voting rights to all graduates of Irish third-level institutions, but a law allowing this to happen has never been enacted. However, many people argue this is still unfair given how many others would still be unable to vote.
What do you think: Should voting in the Seanad election be extended?
Poll Results:
Yes, to every citizen over 18 (3197)
The Seanad should be reformed or scrapped (2351)
Yes, to all third-level graduates (911)
No, it's fine the way it is (699)
I'm not sure (150)
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