# vaccine - Sunday 17 March, 2019
Some 136,000 people died from measles globally in 2018.
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# vaccine - Wednesday 13 March, 2019
There has been a huge spike in measles cases worldwide.
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# vaccine - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
The law made it compulsory for children in pre-school education to be vaccinated against 10 diseases.
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# vaccine - Monday 4 March, 2019
There have been five cases since the start of February.
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# vaccine - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
Three people with the condition have died in recent weeks.
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# vaccine - Sunday 30 December, 2018
Seven in 10 of the confirmed cases involved people who were not vaccinated.
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# vaccine - Friday 28 December, 2018
Demand for the GP out-of-hours service remains high and similar to last year.
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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - Thursday 9 August, 2018
The HSE is “particularly concerned” about the risk of measles in children who recently attended Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.
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# vaccine - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
The Taoiseach said plans are already getting underway to rolling out the vaccine to boys.
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# vaccine - Friday 3 August, 2018
Many people on social media have been accusing the MEP of being an anti-vaxxer.
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# vaccine - Thursday 2 August, 2018
Two adults and two children were affected.
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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - Wednesday 7 February, 2018
Six new cases of measles were confirmed in Limerick today.
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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - Tuesday 9 January, 2018
With the various strains of flu going around you can likely get sick multiple times if you haven’t been vaccinated.
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Just one in three nurses have received the vaccination.
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The HSE ran a campaign over the last few months to encourage healthcare workers to get the vaccine.
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# vaccine - Tuesday 2 January, 2018
Elective surgeries have been postponed in some hospitals in a bid to prioritise emergencies.
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# vaccine - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
And there won’t be enough vaccines or anti-viral drugs to go around, writes Dr Tim Hinchey.
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# vaccine - Thursday 21 December, 2017
People in high-risk groups include pregnant women and those over the age of 65.
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# vaccine - Monday 27 November, 2017
The condition can have fatal consequences for babies up to three months of age.
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# vaccine - Sunday 26 November, 2017
The HSE is urging all those at risk to get vaccinated.
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# vaccine - Tuesday 3 October, 2017
Uptake of the vaccine among medical workers in Ireland is “appallingly low” according to Health Minister Simon Harris.
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# vaccine - 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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Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan says he wasn’t “fully informed”.
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# vaccine - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
Health minister Simon Harris said that those who aren’t medical professionals shouldn’t be giving expert advice on vaccines.
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# vaccine - Sunday 13 August, 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris said his department is examining how to roll out a vaccination compensation programme.
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# vaccine - Sunday 30 July, 2017
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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# vaccine - 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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# vaccine - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
The medication has shown promise in mice.
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# vaccine - Monday 22 May, 2017
Medics claimed “misinformation and fake news is causing fear among young people and parents”.
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# vaccine - Thursday 4 May, 2017
The Irish Cancer Society also wants the vaccination programme to be extended to include boys.
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# vaccine - Friday 28 April, 2017
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%.
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# vaccine - Thursday 16 February, 2017
It comes as a controversial documentary is released in Ireland.
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# vaccine - Thursday 19 January, 2017
“There is still a significant amount of flu in our community … this is higher than it has been in a number of years.”
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# vaccine - Monday 12 December, 2016
The HSE vaccinates thousands of schoolgirls against the virus each year.
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