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Harris lobbied by pharmacists' group and pharma company on free contraception
Anti-vaccination myths can have devastating impacts on uptake rates, Harris warns EU
Safe zone law around GP clinics offering abortions will prohibit photos being taken of women
'They demanded her head on a plate': Harris says Fitzgerald deserves an apology from opposition leaders
Cost of rolling out abortion services in Ireland will be 'significant', says Harris
Wrong site surgery and patient death: Harris wants to make open disclosure mandatory in serious cases
Abortion legislation won't be brought to the Dáil until the autumn
CervicalCheck interim report says €2k payment should be given to women affected immediately
'Women in crisis pregnancy have been told take the boat... today we tell them: take our hand'
US laboratory wanted confidentiality clause in Vicky Phelan case
Explainer: What is open disclosure, and where does it fit in the smear test scandal?
Health Minister agrees to meet with women affected by vaginal mesh complications
Poll: Is Simon Harris right to cancel his St Patrick's Day trip?
Major traumas will be sent to hospitals in either Dublin or Cork under new plan
Simon Harris 'concerned' about care terminally-ill woman received over New Year's weekend
Private hospital beds to be used to ease Emergency Department overcrowding
Minister orders report into vaginal mesh devices after Irish women experience 'constant pain'
Health minister says the €60 price tag to see a GP is too expensive
Harris says he's not in the job to be popular - but what did former health ministers make of it?
Patients 'have a right to ask doctors and nurses if they have received the flu vaccine'
Steroid abuse: Simon Harris wants gym owners to help combat problem
Medicinal cannabis: Harris says 'it's not the job of the Minister for Health to be a doctor'
Vaccine compensation scheme being considered by government
Harris admits government can't express confidence in State's corporate watchdog
Investigation launched into allegations of serious abuse at centre for those with intellectual disabilities
As hospitals recover from record-high trolley crisis, staff are considering a strike
Hope for change as families meet Health Minister on support for people with brain injury
Appeal to HSE to ensure Console services are secured in wake of controversy
Varadkar among candidates caught up in armed robbery while canvassing
Varadkar defends comments about extra resources making hospitals slow down
Father of sick child travels to Northern Ireland on Christmas Day for medical supplies
Varadkar rules out intervention in case of Irish girl in UK psychiatric hospital
Have the human rights of symphysiotomy survivors been abused?
"It is definitely a lot harder to stay in than to come out"
'They were lied to': Health Minister speaks out over baby deaths
Leo met some very small, very cute babies today
Will Irish nurses living abroad come home for the new jobs announced?
Seán Barrett says opposition parties are entitled to question his decisions
Health Minister Leo Varadkar wants to lift the ban on gay men donating blood
"A poor example": Varadkar heavily criticises Martin over emergency department crisis