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Today [Tuesday 6 September] marks the launch of this year’s Health and Social Care (HSC) mental health and emotional wellbeing campaign.

The campaign’s theme is ‘Creating Hope Through Action’, emphas...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is continuing to urge people to be vigilant about monkeypox, and it is important that anyone who is offered the smallpox vaccine takes up that offer when available to...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging parents and guardians to talk to young people who are receiving exam results about the risks associated with drinking alcohol and taking drugs.

Thousands...

With high temperatures forecast for the coming days the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to protect themselves from the sun and to look out for older and more vulnerable people.

Although...

Monday 1 August marked the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme ‘Educate and Support’ aims to encourage everyone to support breastfeeding mothers, babies, and their families by...

With a person dying every 30 seconds from a hepatitis-related illness, this year’s theme for World Hepatitis Day is ‘I can’t wait’.

In Northern Ireland the Public Health Agency (PHA) has been...

Health Minister Robin Swann has visited a youth facility in Ballymena providing information and support that young people need to navigate the challenges of adolescence and early adulthood.

The...

The Health Minister has highlighted the importance of cancer screening following a visit to a Mobile Breast Screening Unit at Dromalane House in Newry.

During the visit Minister Swann was able to see...

With temperatures set to rise in the coming days the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to protect themselves from the sun and to look out for older and more vulnerable people.

Although...

As many get ready for Twelfth of July celebrations, the Public Health Agency is urging anyone choosing to drink to keep an eye on their alcohol intake by making a plan of setting a sensible limit and...