Poignant and thought-provoking images of children waiting for ONE phone call which will change their lives will now be display for public viewing in Belfast.  Arranged to coincide with the first anniversary of the change in law to an opt-out system of organ donation, the exhibition features Dáithí...

Glenwood Primary School in Belfast is taking part in Walk to School Week [20–24 May] as part of this year’s Active School Travel (AST) programme with Sustrans, funded by Public Health Agency (PHA) and Department for Infrastructure.

The Farm Families Health Checks Programme, which offers on-the-spot health checks to rural communities through a mobile unit attending marts and community-based events, has marked the 25,000th client to avail of the service at this year’s Balmoral Show.

New figures from the Public Health Agency (PHA) show a total of 31,851 transactions were made by the Needle and Syringe Exchange Service (NSES) across Northern Ireland in 2023.

Helping to stop the spread of infection from potential drug-related litter and sharing of injecting equipment, the NSES...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people who are immunosuppressed to top up their COVID-19 protection this spring. Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed should receive a spring booster dose of the vaccine, typically six months after their last dose to ensure they...

This Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May), the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Sport NI have teamed up to encourage everyone to move more for their mental health and wellbeing.

Our physical health can have a big impact on how we feel and what we do with our body can have a powerful effect on...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging pregnant women and the parents of young children to book an appointment for the pertussis vaccine to help protect their children after a significant rise in cases of whooping cough.

A highly contagious and sometimes serious bacterial infection, there have...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is emphasising the importance of getting the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine as it confirmed that a number of linked cases of measles have been identified in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust area.

This brings the total cases of measles in Northern...