A spike in the flu virus that could leave up to 900 hospitalised with the illness is expected over Christmas and the new year ...

There has been a rise in cases of influenza and high levels are expected between Christmas and the New Year, interim Chief ...

Meanwhile, flu is surging and hospital trolley numbers are rocketing upwards — 612 across the country on Monday, according to ...

There has been a “significant increase” in hospitalisations arising from an upward trend in flu cases, according to interim ...

The HSE has issued a warning after flu hospitalisations have spiked in Ireland. Over 400 people have been hospitalised with ...

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said: “Flu cases are skyrocketing so it’s now or ...

A doctor talks to Lisa Salmon about the current spike in flu cases in children, and how parents can help them avoid catching ...

The flu vaccine for children is given as a spray up the nose. A quick and painless spray is put in each nostril. Children can breathe normally and many of them report that it tickles when being given.

Mary Horgan pointed out that the uptake of the RSV vaccine for newborns has been so successful only 23 cases have been ...

University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital had the worst overcrowding, according to the Irish Nurses and ...

Vaccine disinformation is “only going to get worse” with potentially disastrous consequences, one expert has said.