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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling for people to make themselves aware of the signs and symptoms of meningitis, with the prevalence of this potentially life-threatening illness at its highest...

Many of us start the New Year with the best of intentions to lose weight, get fitter and eat well. It’s that sense of new possibilities and fresh beginnings that can also help motivate changes in...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding parents of the importance of their children completing the childhood immunisation programme to help prevent serious disease and illness following a reported...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging smokers to make a plan, think about what steps they are going to take to stay off tobacco for good, and to seek practical support and advice from a stop...

Now 2012 has arrived, the Public Health Agency is encouraging people to make a New Year’s resolution to know their limits when it comes to alcohol, not to drink excessively and to cut back for a while...

The New Year is often seen as a time for new beginnings and starting afresh and it’s great to make a new start. It can also be a challenging time for some, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is...

Flu is more likely to surface in the winter months and with this in mind the Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising on what action to take if you develop the illness, particularly over the Christmas...

With the holiday season in full-swing, minds are turning to New Year’s resolutions, and once again quitting smoking will be at the top of many people’s ‘to do’ list when the clock strikes midnight on...

There has been a 20%  increase overall in the uptake of the flu vaccine compared to this time last year, (56,000 more doses) according to the latest provisional figures, but there’s no room for...

This Christmas the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging everyone in Northern Ireland to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register and give the ‘Gift of Life’.

Almost 300 people in Northern Ireland...