# vaccination - Today’s News
The HSE said has said the increase in numbers is linked to the spread of misinformation about vaccines on social media.
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# vaccination - Monday 25 November, 2019
Minister for Health Simon Harris met with Facebook, Google and Twitter today.
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# vaccination - Monday 30 September, 2019
Teenage girls can get the HPV vaccine if they’re still at secondary school – but teenage boys can’t.
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# vaccination - Thursday 29 August, 2019
There are fears that Ireland’s status could also be at risk.
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# vaccination - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Harris is considering advice from the Attorney General on mandatory vaccination.
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# vaccination - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
The vaccination programme was rolled out to teenage girls in 2010, but the government committed to making it available to boys in secondary school from September.
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The UK has lost its measles-free status and, after a spike in cases here, there are concerns Ireland could end up in the same position.
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# vaccination - Thursday 25 April, 2019
A new report has revealed that global rates of the disease are on the rise.
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# vaccination - Sunday 31 March, 2019
Most people agree with this stance but almost one in five are unsure, according to an opinion poll.
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# vaccination - Sunday 17 March, 2019
Some 136,000 people died from measles globally in 2018.
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# vaccination - Wednesday 13 March, 2019
There has been a huge spike in measles cases worldwide.
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# vaccination - Monday 11 March, 2019
This marks an increase of 20 percentage points in just over two years.
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# vaccination - Monday 4 March, 2019
There have been five cases since the start of February.
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# vaccination - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
Three people with the condition have died in recent weeks.
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# vaccination - Friday 7 December, 2018
Hiqa has also recommended switching to a different vaccination – one that protects against an additional five types of HPV.
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# vaccination - Monday 3 September, 2018
The desire to protect and care for your child is indescribable, writes Eric Nolan. And that means doing your best to keep them safe.
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# vaccination - Sunday 2 September, 2018
Consultant paediatrician John Fitzsimons writes about his experiences with measles, and why it’s important to vaccinate.
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# vaccination - Wednesday 22 August, 2018
Transmission has occurred in a number of hospitals and in households with “poor vaccine uptake”, the HSE said.
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# vaccination - Saturday 24 March, 2018
There have been a number of mumps outbreaks among adults in the US recently, including on college campuses.
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# vaccination - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
The incident is being examined by the HSE’s measles outbreak control team.
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# vaccination - Friday 12 January, 2018
The head of the HSE’s National Immunisation Office said the health service is starting to win the battle against misinformation, but there is more work to do.
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# vaccination - Thursday 21 December, 2017
People in high-risk groups include pregnant women and those over the age of 65.
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# vaccination - Monday 27 November, 2017
The condition can have fatal consequences for babies up to three months of age.
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# vaccination - Tuesday 21 November, 2017
Australian doctors receive payments to track down and vaccinate children who are more than two months overdue for their vaccines, writes Jennifer Whitmore.
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# vaccination - Saturday 21 October, 2017
No other serious safety concerns were identified in the study of more than three million women.
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# vaccination - Monday 2 October, 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris said just one third of all health workers got the vaccine last year.
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# vaccination - Sunday 10 September, 2017
The plan was originally to roll the free vaccine out to boys – but this has yet to happen.
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# vaccination - Sunday 3 September, 2017
McGrath had called for the vaccine to be banned.
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# vaccination - Thursday 22 June, 2017
The decision stems from the case of a man who developed MS shortly after being vaccinated against hepatitis B.
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# vaccination - Thursday 4 May, 2017
The Irish Cancer Society also wants the vaccination programme to be extended to include boys.
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# vaccination - Thursday 12 January, 2017
The HSE is recommending people get vaccinated, and if they have the flu, to stay in bed.
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# vaccination - Monday 12 December, 2016
The HSE vaccinates thousands of schoolgirls against the virus each year.
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# vaccination - Friday 11 November, 2016
5,000 fewer girls received the vaccine this year in comparison to the previous year.
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# vaccination - Thursday 28 July, 2016
This case is unrelated to the recently reported outbreak that resulted in 34 confirmed measles cases between April and mid-July.
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# vaccination - Thursday 14 July, 2016
33 cases are being investigated.
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# vaccination - Monday 4 July, 2016
The HSE said there are issues with the supplier that are affecting most European countries.
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# vaccination - Thursday 12 May, 2016
The person in question had been in Dublin and Kerry leading up to and including the May bank holiday weekend.
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# vaccination - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
Concerns have been raised over the HPV vaccine administered to schoolgirls across the country.
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# vaccination - Sunday 13 December, 2015
Abbey Colohan is just one teenager who will feature in a documentary about the vaccine.
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# vaccination - Wednesday 9 September, 2015
Only children in high-risk groups could be vaccinated.
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