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Grange Park Primary School provided a backdrop for the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland to remind parents to ensure that their children are protected from the sun on school...

Summer is fast approaching and this is the ideal time to get into shape and lose some weight in a healthy way.

 The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging those who want to lose weight ahead of the...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging pregnant women who are 28 weeks pregnant or more to get the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine, as it can protect your newborn baby in their first few weeks of...

One of the biggest events in Derry/ Londonderry’s City of Culture calendar will take place this weekend with BBC Radio 1’s ‘Big Weekend’ coming to the city. The Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising...

The visit follows a weeklong programme of activities to showcase the key role of connected health technology in improving patient outcomes as well as promoting the local economy.

With the bank holiday weekend looming, its’ time to dust down those barbecues. So whether the sun is shining or you brave the rain, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding fans of cooking al...

 With Mental Health Awareness Week drawing to a close, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has highlighted the risks that alcohol and drugs can pose to people’s mental health and wellbeing.

The Public Health agency (PHA) and the Council for the Homeless NI (CHNI) are working together to provide ‘pocket packs’ to vulnerable homeless people in Belfast.

Palliative and end of life care is everybody’s business, and to mark ‘Dying Matters Awareness Week’ (13 - 19 May 2013) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging everyone to take the opportunity to talk...

Using Twitter's new video app Vine, the PHA has produced a series of videos lasting just six seconds each to show you how to use the fitness equipment available in outdoor gyms across Belfast.

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Research shows that men are approximately six times more likely to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) than women and the chance of having an aneurysm increases with age – at the age of 65, about...