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The Slovak Public Health Office informed about the outbreak of influenza. During the last week, this disease was diagnosed in 19,000 people.more

On Saturday February 10, SuperValu is giving away over 50,000 packs of their one-kilogram own brand porridge - for free. Porridge has long been recommended as one of the most nutritious breakfast foods to kick start your day.more

"The Times" published statistics on the citizenship of public health workers (NHS) in the United Kingdom. Poles, who work in the NHS at 8.5 thousand, constitute the fifth largest group there.more

The number of Poles benefiting from private healthcare, thanks to additional health insurance, will grow - Polish Chamber of Insurance (PIU) predicts.more

There were more than 5,000 new cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK last year, new figures have revealed. On the day that activists marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM in a bid to draw global attention to the issue, NHS Digital also announced that there are around 24,000 women and girls at risk of the illegal procedure in the UK.more

Patients with serious mental health issues leading them to self-harm or attempt suicide are being left to wait as long as two years for specialist support because of an NHS "blind spot" on waiting times, an investigation has found. The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that thousands of patients are waiting more than six months.more

Third level students throughout Ireland will have access to free online GP consultations for the rest of the academic year. All 374,000 student members of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) will be able to access VideoDoc - an online GP service - from now until June.more

The European Commission launched a new online knowledge base for cancer prevention. The site aims to help you get reliable, proven information.more

Tinnitus is felt in our country by one in five adults and six percent of children - results from the research from Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing were published on Monday.more

If you're fond of vaping, cinnamon, vanilla and butter e-cigarette flavours, we have some bad news.more

Poland: Hundreds of patients have received defective vaccines. Preparations that should have been bined were given even to newborns. more

Thousands of demonstrators, including actor Ralf Little, have been marching through central London calling for more government support for the NHS.more

The Government has been accused of ignoring an ongoing campaign to scrap hospital car parking charges yesterday after losing a Commons debate. Senior Tory and former minister Rob Halfon said he was "incredibly disappointed" after ministers claimed axing the "stealth tax" could have "unintended consequences".more

A man dies from prostate cancer every 45 minutes in the UK, with the disease overtaking breast cancer to become the third biggest cancer killer in the UK, new research shows. According to Prostate Cancer UK, the number of men dying from the disease has overtaken the number of women dying from breast cancer.more

Cancer diseases are being treated more and more effectively, however the best results are obtained by the richest countries, such as the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden - according to the CONCORDE-3 report.more

A woman has been dragged under a train at Notting Hill Gate when her coat and bag became stuck in the doors. Passengers described hearing the injured woman shouting for help as she was pulled underneath the train.more

A fresh produce firm sacked a 'bad apple' after it concluded the worker had faked a back injury when lifting a box of apples. The Polish man sued for unfair dismissal, but the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld the company's decision. It found the dismissal was fair and likened the man's actions to "stealing" from the company.more

Ireland has the worst hospital waiting lists in Europe, according to a new league table. The number of Irish patients waiting for surgery or an outpatient appointment is "abysmal", the Euro Health Consumer Index of 2017 concluded.more

The socially-deprived have poorer health than those living in affluent areas, a Dublin GP told the Social Democrats national conference. Dr David Gibney, who is based in Ballymun, told delegates at the conference health debate that those living in deprived areas had lower life expectancies.more

Parts of London Underground are "loud enough to damage people's hearing", the BBC has been told. An academic says the Victoria Line service is on average the loudest while other noisy sections of the Tube equate to "being at a rock concert".more

The Council of Europe has heavily criticised Ireland's social services, claiming the level of assistance for single people without resources is "manifestly inadequate". A monitoring report on health, social security and social protection services said Ireland is failing to live up to some 13 legal obligations to citizens under the European Social Charter.more

Public Health England will today provide an update on the progress of an influenza outbreak that is already the most serious since 2010-11, and may be officially rated an epidemic if it continues on its current trajectorymore

The UK's annual consumption of sandwiches has the same environmental impact as around eight million cars, scientists have claimed.more

A father of two who died from multi organ failure as a result of meningococcal sepsis did not obtain the bacterial infection from food or drink, his inquest heard. Ireneusz Data (40) of 12 Riverside Drive, Quay Road, Ballina, died in Mayo University Hospital on February 5, 2017, after suddenly becoming ill. The postmortem into his death found he died as a result of multi organ failure, as a resultmore

Mzany young women are not attending smear tests because they are embarrassed about their bodies, a cancer charity has warned.more