A CONTAGIOUS illness has hit a “record high” in Ireland – with those most vulnerable being urged to take precautions.

A doctor has spoken of seeing babies “struggling for breath “ after catching the whooping cough as cases of the life ...

A record number of cases of whooping cough were recorded in Ireland last year, with the HSE calling for pregnant women to ...

Pregnant women urged to get vaccinated against infection, which is potentially life threatening in young babies ...

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has reported record high number of whooping cough cases in 2024, and the HSE ...

Babies with whooping cought (pertussis) often struggle to breathe. Pertussis can also cause severe coughing fits which affect ...

Pope Francis faced a near-death experience during his recent 38-day hospitalisation for pneumonia, according to the head of ...

This factsheet explains whooping cough (pertussis) to support nurses in identifying and managing the bacterial infection.

The HSE is reminding pregnant women to protect themselves and their babies by getting the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine ...

THE HSE IS urging pregnant women to get the whooping cough vaccine following on from a spike in cases last year.In a ...