Former Taoiseach John Bruton has called for the creation of a special Brexit Committee to deal with the implications for the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland of Britain’s exit from the EU.

Routine testing for HIV, hepatitis B and C at the St James’s Hospital (SJH) Emergency Department (ED) over the past year has detected 57 new cases of Hep C, 21 new cases of Hep B and diagnosed 15 individuals with HIV.

The HSE asked all of its staff and partner agencies to partake in the NOhep worldwide Twitter Thunderclap (#NOhep: Eliminate hepatitis) at noon today (Thursday July 28) to raise awareness across the world of the goal to eliminate the condition.

An idea generated during a cold call in Cork has resulted in a innovative platform for the management of hospitals’ inventory, Lloyd Mudiwa reports

Nearly one-in-10 US adults has tinnitus, and according to a new study published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, durations of occupational and leisure time noise exposures are correlated with rates of the condition and are likely targetable risk factors.

From warnings over fake Champagne to the new ‘Guggenheim of Wine’ in Bordeaux, Giovanni Morelli takes us on a journey into the wine’s historical past and future, via ancient Egypt and Greece

Exercise therapy is as effective as surgery for middle-aged patients with a common type of knee injury known as meniscal tear, where the damage is to the rubbery discs that cushion the knee joint, a study in The BMJ has found.

The IMO has issued a threat that it would not hesitate to seek recourse to the industrial relations mechanisms of the State should the HSE/public hospitals fail to pay consultants the stipulated rate for working structured weekend and public holiday hours.

The Department of Health (DoH) has advertised two new posts for a Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) to help with the restructuring of the Department, and for a Director of Patient Safety to lead the establishment of the long-awaited National Patient Safety Office (NPSO).

Some 52 per cent of medical trainees who expressed an intent to leave medical practice in Ireland said poor quality training was an influence — with this feeling reportedly highest among interns and Basic Specialist Training (BST) trainees, according to the latest Irish Medical Council (IMC) annual national trainee experience survey, Your Training Counts (YTC) 2015.