Screening programmes can find things sooner, potentially giving patients better long term outcomes. For example, a newborn baby whose hearing loss is detected through screening has a better chance of ...

Who owns our health service? Who owns our data? Who owns us? These questions are hitting us hard as a combustible mix of market forces and artificial intelligence threatens our health services, our da...

Mayo finally ended a 75-year wait for the county's fourth All-Ireland Senior Football title on Sunday.

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The 10-day Belfast Pride festival began last Friday with a programme of cultural events, nights out and discussions.

British Medical Journal 06 October 2009 Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4072  Each September, at Croke Park, at the All-Ireland Gaelic football final, there is a moment when the teams turn past the Can…

British Medical Journal 06 October 2009 Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4072  Each September, at Croke Park, at the All-Ireland Gaelic football final, there is a moment when the teams turn past the Can…

The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.

The startling safety data from two new reviews on maternity services might be expected to trigger immediate measures for improvement. However, the likelihood is that nothing will change quickly. The r...

Use of traditional medicine must follow evidence of efficacy and safety The BRICS economies, including India and China, committed to further collaboration to integrate traditional medicine in health...

Two hundred and fifty years after liberation from British colonialism, the United States is co-hosting the football World Cup. The US might even win it for the first time—although France, its former a...

Tens of thousands of people are taking part in the annual Dublin Pride parade this afternoon.

“Restoring”standards is, in reality, a means of political control On 29 May 2026, the US White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed a rule that directs political appointees to requ...

The highly public exchange is an indication that their earlier close ties have frayed since Trump's decision to go to war with Iran.

There is always something new under the sun. Last week the American Diabetes Association (ADA) shocked the world of medicine and science by ordering police to remove its journal’s editor, and others, ...

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

Lord Heseltine speaks to Noah Vickers about regenerating Britain’s cities, the devolution agenda and why Margaret Thatch

A dramatic end in Inniskeen saw Louth advance to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals as Ethan Rafferty mishandled a Sam Mullroy delivery to give the Wee County a one-point win over Armagh.

Protesters gather at Belfast City Hall for a demonstration against racism, after the past week of violence and disorder.

A letter sent out to GAA clubs in south Antrim on Thursday encouraged all clubs to consider what they can do to support those impacted by the racist violence in Belfast

Ciara Mageean says she is determined to "fit as much living into the years I have left" as she spoke about her stage four cancer diagnosis.

I recently taught a course in Bergen, Norway, for postgraduate students in public health from around Europe. They had all signed up for an EU funded programme about preparing for the next pandemic or ...