Health

Health experts warn against stopping online publication of funeral arrangements in Ireland in the wake of the Covid outbreak among funeral attendees. CMO Dr. Tony Holohan also expressed concern about the Covid expansion in cultural…

Schools in Ireland need to be closed in the winter so that the ventilation in the classrooms can be left open and cool. There is a widespread complaint before the Oriachtus Education Committee that if the ventilation is opened as part…

DUBLIN: Nurses are being asked to return to work earlier from self-isolation due to staff shortages in hospitals. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has demanded for the isolation of health workers in all hospitals across…

DUBLIN: HSE has expressed concern about the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in people who have been hospitalised for other illnesses. The HSE stated that there are more controls over patients admitted for non-emergency procedures…

DUBLIN: The death toll from COVID-19 has risen to more than 2,000 in Ireland. The Department of Health yesterday confirmed 12 additional deaths related to the coronavirus, taking the total number of fatalities to 2,006. A further 379…

DUBLIN: Level 5 restrictions in Ireland, which have been in place for almost two months, are expected to end in early December. Meanwhile, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said, the next two weeks will be crucial in preventing the…

DUBLIN: Construction of a new block with sixty beds at the University Hospital Limerick has been completed to strengthen the health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital has about 500 job vacancies for the staff needed for…

DUBLIN: When the vaccine has been delayed, a mouthwash that leads corona to sudden death will soon be on the market. A scientific study conducted in a laboratory found that this mouthwash has the ability to kill the corona virus within 30…

DUBLIN: A new survey reveals that fathers in their 30s with children have seen a sharp increase in stress since the outbreak of COVID-19. Stress among fathers in their 30s has risen from 13% before the Pandemic to 36% now. A survey by…

A research team at NUI Galway has been given €200,000 by the Health Research Board and is hoping to make the tests available early next year to mass produce rapid testing for Covid-19. They are working to create tests that could detect…