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The total number of pseudomonas cases and colonisations* notified to the Public Health Agency today are as follows:

Total number of confirmed pseudomonas infections associated with the Royal Jubilee...

Yesterday's possible case of Pseudomonas infection relating to the outbreak at the neonatal unit in the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital has been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to seven...

To date, six babies have been confirmed to have been infected with Pseudomonas in the outbreak at the neonatal intensive care unit in the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital (RJMH). Today, a further baby...

Each year around 90 women in Northern Ireland are diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 30 women die from the disease. During Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (22-28 January 2012) the Public Health...

Futher tests for Pseudomonas have not shown any new cases of infection in the outbreak at the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital, and the total remains at six. The neonatal network is currently managing...

Health Minister Edwin Poots today said the Health Service is continuing to work tirelessly to ensure that safe, specialist neonatal care remains available for all babies, following a recent outbreak...

Health Minister Edwin Poots was this afternoon (Friday) briefed by senior figures across the health service on measures being taken to deal with the outbreak of Pseudomonas in the Royal Jubilee...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can kill. In the winter months, when people use their heating appliances more frequently, there are often more cases/incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning. The Public...

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...