# influenza - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Influenza
# Influenza
Two deaths and 107 new cases of the illness were reported in the same week last year.
# influenza - Tuesday 25 August, 2020
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
For the first time, children aged 2-12 are also entitled to a free flu vaccine.
# influenza - Monday 18 May, 2020
# Influenza
# Influenza
The vaccine will also be free for people in at-risk groups and those aged 70 and over.
# influenza - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Don't Visit
# Don't Visit
Hospitals in Cork, Waterford, and South Tipperary have all imposed strict visiting restrictions.
# influenza - Friday 3 January, 2020
# Influenza
# Influenza
Children under 12 are not permitted to visit the hospital, it said today.
# influenza - Monday 30 December, 2019
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
There has been marked increase in general in the number of people attending EDs and being admitted to hospital compared to the same time last year.
# influenza - Thursday 12 December, 2019
# Flu Jab
# Flu Jab
The latest figures show that the flu rate has spiked.
# influenza - Thursday 14 February, 2019
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
The majority of people who died were over the age of 65.
# influenza - Friday 23 February, 2018
# Influenza
# Influenza
The number who’d died at the start of February stood at 55.
# influenza - Sunday 21 January, 2018
# Fighting Back
# Fighting Back
There’s currently no way to predict what strain of the shape-shifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic.
# influenza - Tuesday 9 January, 2018
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
The HSE ran a campaign over the last few months to encourage healthcare workers to get the vaccine.
# influenza - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
# Column
# Column
And there won’t be enough vaccines or anti-viral drugs to go around, writes Dr Tim Hinchey.
# influenza - Thursday 21 December, 2017
# Under The Weather
# Under The Weather
People in high-risk groups include pregnant women and those over the age of 65.
# influenza - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Chocolate And Ipads
# Chocolate And Ipads
There was a discussion around what is causing a mistrust of vaccines, which have eradicated many diseases in Ireland.
# influenza - Thursday 9 February, 2017
# Are You Vaccinated?
# Are You Vaccinated?
The HSE are urging those at risk to get vaccinated.
# influenza - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
# Health
# Health
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) says it sets a new record.
# Health
# Health
There were 46.7 cases per 100,000 people in Ireland suffering last month.
# influenza - Saturday 7 February, 2015
# Achoo
# Achoo
The average age of those admitted is 59.
# influenza - Friday 16 January, 2015
# Health
# Health
The HSE said that the rate has risen by almost 14%.
# influenza - Wednesday 16 April, 2014
# H5 Strain
# H5 Strain
No cases of humans contracting the disease who have eaten poultry or eggs have been recorded.
# influenza - Thursday 20 February, 2014
# H1N1
# H1N1
One ward has been closed off at the facility as doctors await the results of tests on seven patients with flu-like symptoms.
# influenza - Sunday 16 February, 2014
# Health
# Health
Those suffering from flu-like symptoms should not go to the hospital.
# influenza - Saturday 25 January, 2014
# That'll Do Pig
# That'll Do Pig
One case was reported in Northern Ireland yesterday, but you could have contracted it yourself in recent months without realising. Here’s how.
# influenza - Tuesday 7 January, 2014
# Bird Flu
# Bird Flu
The WHO say that so far there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission.
# influenza - Monday 7 October, 2013
# Flu Vaccine
# Flu Vaccine
Those in at-risk groups can get the vaccine free-of-charge from their GP or pharmacy.
# influenza - Friday 29 March, 2013
# Restrictions
# Restrictions
A total of 187 cases of influenza have been recorded at the hospital – and Beaumont is trying to stop that number from getting any higher.
# influenza - Saturday 16 March, 2013
# Influenza
# Influenza
At least 113 cases of flu have been recorded at the hospital since the outbreak began last month.
# influenza - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
# Beaumont Hospital
# Beaumont Hospital
Visiting restrictions are in place in light of a recent outbreak of flu in the hospital.
# influenza - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The British resident, who had visited the Middle East, is the 10th person worldwide to contract a virus identified last year.
# influenza - Monday 28 January, 2013
# Dilemma
From The Daily Edge
# Dilemma
It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
# influenza - Friday 21 December, 2012
# Flu
# Flu
The HSE says flu is now ciruclating, and over 65s, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses should act quickly.
# influenza - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
# Flu
# Flu
The HSE is advising at-risk people to get the flu vaccine as it “can be a very serious illness”.
# influenza - Thursday 2 August, 2012
# Illness
# Illness
The virus, which is spread to humans by rodents and can be life-threatening, was discovered in a patient at the Mid Western Regional Hospital.
# influenza - Friday 11 May, 2012
# Nazareth House
# Nazareth House
A HIQA report also found that there were insufficient staff on duty to cope with the outbreak.
# influenza - Thursday 3 May, 2012
# Flu
# Flu
42 of the 76 residents at Drumderrig Private Nursing Home in Boyle have been infected with the A H3 strain of seasonal flu.
# influenza - Sunday 8 April, 2012
# Flu
# Flu
Another resident of the private Nazareth nursing home in Buncrana has died from influenza, the seventh to succumb to the disease.
# influenza - Friday 6 April, 2012
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
Another patient at the Nazareth nursing home in Buncrana died today, but the HSE has said it was not related to the current outbreak.
# influenza - Thursday 5 April, 2012
# National Vaccination Register
# National Vaccination Register
Following several deaths at a Donegal nursing home, the IPA has called for a national vaccination register to be set up to provide real time feedback in times of emergency.
# influenza - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
It appears that there may be a “slight mismatch” between the current flu vaccination and the circulating strain of the virus.
# influenza - Saturday 23 July, 2011
# Swine Flu
# Swine Flu
The European Medicines Agency has said there is a link between the drug Pandemrix and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in young people.
