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The position is up for grabs after Dr Tony Holohan announced he was stepping down

Last week, the Department of Health deemed Monkeypox a notifiable disease in Northern Ireland.

Almost six million people in England smoke, and tobacco is the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death, the Department of Health said.

The audit of Florida COVID-19 cases and deaths ought to enrage every Floridian who has lost a loved one to the pandemic.

Confusion and lack of awareness around who qualifies for COVID antivirals — and who doesn't — may be why some eligible patients aren't getting the medications.

Corrie Summers was with her baby and recovering after an emergency caesarean when cigarette smoke blew into the maternity ward from a nearby park. The hospital says the park is on council land and the Mayor says smoking is legal there — but an expert warns mums could sue if…

Florida’s COVID-19 data was so inaccurate, incomplete and delayed during the first months of the pandemic that government officials and the public may not have had necessary information to determine the effectiveness of the state’s COVID-19 precautions and the best plan to fight the virus, according to a state report…

Two mental health treatment centres in Tasmania's north have closed due to COVID outbreaks — with a health union blasting what it says is a "lack of planning" and a parent fearing for those desperate for help.

Several Florida Planned Parenthood chapters and individual abortion providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban.