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The Health and Social Care Board and the Public Health Agency have today launched, for public consultation, a new Community Development Strategy. The consultation period will run for 12 weeks from...

Many popular holiday destinations are experiencing outbreaks of measles. These include France, Spain, Turkey, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. England has also seen a recent rise in cases, so the...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is continuing to monitor the international outbreak of E. coli 0104 (VTEC). The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated this is a new strain of the E. coli bacteria...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is monitoring closely the outbreak of E. coli linked to salad vegetables being reported across Europe. The World Health Organization has said this is being caused by a...

An outbreak of E. coli linked to salad vegetables is being reported across Europe. The World Health Organization has said this is being caused by a completely new strain of bacteria.

Cases of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is launching the F.A.S.T. public information campaign on Thursday 2 June 2011 to raise awareness of stroke signs and symptoms, and what to do if you think someone is...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has identified ways of delivering cardiovascular services that will help to tackle health inequalities. These are described in a new “health impact assessment” report...

The Public Health Agency’s commitment to giving every child the best start is off to a good start. The issue of the “real brain drain” in the 0–3 year age group has attracted attention from around 250...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is taking the opportunity to highlight this year’s World No Tobacco Day which takes place on Tuesday 31 May.

In Northern Ireland, around 340,000 people aged 16 and over...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has been made aware that Germany is currently experiencing a large outbreak of Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) directly related to infections of verocytoxin –...

Dr Eddie Rooney, Chief Executive of the Public Health Agency and Chair of the local organising committee for the games welcomed the celebration and launch of the Westfield Health British Transplant...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising that the plume of volcanic ash over the north Atlantic is not currently a risk to public health in Northern Ireland.

The previous eruption of the...