Cervical cancer dangers highlighted as awareness week begins
Fine Gael’s Seanad health spokesperson has urged women to book a smear test for the condition, which kills 90 people in Ireland every year.
View ArticleGay men’s health clinic turned down for vaccination funding
The National Immunisation Programme refused the request.
View ArticleHSE cannot contact home-schooled girls to provide HPV vaccine
The HSE are ‘not in a position’ to do so because of data protection issues.
View ArticleIrish parents are stopping their children from getting a cervical cancer...
Public health professionals are blaming recent negative media coverage for the drop in uptake.
View ArticleHSE developing "care pathway" for girls experiencing symptoms after HPV vaccine
The vaccine, Gardasil, has been criticised by some parent groups.
View ArticleFactCheck: No, the reported side effects of the HPV vaccine do NOT outweigh...
An ongoing online campaign against in-school vaccinations is not based on scientific evidence, and is contradicted by volumes of it.
View ArticleThe amount of young girls getting the HPV vaccine has dropped significantly
The HSE said it is concerned about the drop.
View Article'Forty young Irish girls will die of cervical cancer as a result of falling...
5,000 fewer girls received the vaccine this year in comparison to the previous year.
View ArticleThese Young Scientists asked parents about their attitude to the HPV vaccine
The girls asked parents with daughters to fill out a survey on the HPV vaccine – and found out some interesting results.
View ArticleAs HPV-linked cancers increase, should boys get the HPV vaccine?
The HPV vaccine can prevent men from contracting genital warts and a number of HPV-associated cancers – but in Ireland it is only offered for free to girls.
View Article'Four doctors told me this would kill me': The devastating effect HPV can...
A heartbreaking US documentary ‘Someone You Love – The HPV Epidemic’ premiered in Dublin last night.
View ArticleTeachers' union pass motion asking for review of HPV vaccine scheme
The TUI are expected to raise the issue with the Department of Education.
View ArticleHSE: Complacency over vaccines could cause death in Ireland
The HSE issued the warning this morning following a spate of deaths as a result of a measles outbreak in Europe.
View ArticleClaim George Hook spoke about HPV vaccine in 'ill-informed and irresponsible'...
The BAI said that Hook’s approach to discussing the vaccine had satisfied its Code of Fairness, but “only in a barely minimal fashion”.
View ArticleHealth Minister slams 'false' and 'unfounded' claims from anti-vaccine...
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%.
View ArticleChocolate could encourage nurses to get flu vaccine, committee hears
There was a discussion around what is causing a mistrust of vaccines, which have eradicated many diseases in Ireland.
View ArticleStudy to begin on rolling out free HPV vaccine scheme to boys
The HPV virus can lead to cervical, penile and throat cancer in some cases.
View ArticleMost schools with low uptake rate of HPV vaccine are disadvantaged - study
The study examined 577 schools across the country and analysed figures from the 2013/2014 academic year.
View Article'Emotional terrorism': After HPV vaccine uptake rates fall to 50%, the HSE is...
Health minister Simon Harris said that those who aren’t medical professionals shouldn’t be giving expert advice on vaccines.
View ArticleSimon Harris says HPV vaccine saves lives, after speaking to Finian McGrath...
McGrath had called for the vaccine to be banned.
View ArticleSimon Harris was 'very disappointed and frustrated' at Finian McGrath's...
Harris said he now feels McGrath “fully supports” the vaccination programme.
View Article'I wouldn't dare say don't take the vaccine': TDs on why they've asked...
With HPV high on the agenda, we spoke to TDs who’ve raised the issue in the Dáil chamber.
View ArticleLabour wants the HPV vaccine to be rolled out to boys sooner rather than later
The plan was originally to roll the free vaccine out to boys – but this has yet to happen.
View ArticleFactCheck: Is the Bishop of Waterford right to say the HPV vaccine is '70%...
Bishop Phonsie Cullinan said the vaccine could encourage sexual activity. We can’t factcheck that – but we can say his ’70% safe’ claim is FALSE.
View Article'Ill-informed, dangerous': Priests ask bishop to withdraw HPV vaccine comments
When asked about the issue, Minister Simon Harris said too much time had been given to the bishop’s HPV vaccine comments.
View ArticleBishop apologises for false claims about HPV vaccine and teenage sex
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan says he wasn’t “fully informed”.
View ArticleMajor study finds HPV vaccine in women was not linked with 44 chronic diseases
No other serious safety concerns were identified in the study of more than three million women.
View Article'It could have saved my life': HSE launches information campaign on the HPV...
The vaccine’s uptake rates have risen to 67% since the first phase of the campaign was launched in August last year.
View ArticleWhat to do if your daughter didn't get the HPV vaccine before, but wants it now
Since September 2016 the uptake rate for the vaccine has increased from 51% to 62%.
View Article'In their eyes I'll see pain... because their daughter is deteriorating in...
Laura Brennan from Co Clare spoke about living with incurable cervical cancer, and why she wanted to feature in the HPV vaccine campaign.
View ArticleIt's been a worrying two weeks - but please don't stop getting smear tests
Professor of Gynaecological Oncology at UCD on why it’s vital for women to continue with the cervical screening programme right now.
View ArticleShould we extend the HPV vaccine to boys? Public asked to give their views
The government is in favour of extending the free HPV vaccine scheme to school boys.
View ArticleBoys to get HPV vaccine in 2019
The Taoiseach said plans are already getting underway to rolling out the vaccine to boys.
View ArticleSinn Féin's presidential hopeful didn't 'flip flop' on HPV vaccine but admits...
Liadh Ní Riada’s latest comments come ahead of a HSE update on vaccine uptake rates due today.
View ArticleParents urged to ask medical professionals about HPV vaccine instead of...
The HSE launched a vaccine information campaign today, confirming two in three women are now being inoculated against the HPV virus.
View ArticleHPV test won't be rolled out until next year
The test was previously expected to be introduced this autumn.
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