The future of antibiotics depends on all of us to use them properly, so ahead of World Antibiotics Awareness Week (18-24 November) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is asking everyone to help keep antibiotics working.

Research has shown that a continued rise in antibiotic resistance could, by 2050, lead...

Claragh Gibney, a year 9 pupil at St Colman’s, Ballynahinch was diagnosed three years ago with type 1 diabetes after her mum Teresa took her to her GP after noticing a number of symptoms.

Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented and occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to produce insulin. It is the...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging everyone who falls into an eligible group to get the free flu vaccine.

The calls comes as the agency launches this year’s flu vaccination programme, offering vaccines which are specially formulated to tackle the strains of the virus which are expected to be...