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World Health Organisation

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Irish watchdog likely to recommend that energy drinks are not consumed by children

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public health emergency

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Risk

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Outbreak

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15 Oct 2014

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Outbreak

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23 Sep 2014

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spreading

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hope and cope

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prevention

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5 Sep 2014

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TAKING ACTION

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5 Sep 2014

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prevention

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4 Sep 2014

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Virus

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4 Sep 2014

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EBOLA

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Cracking down

WHO calls for ban on smoking e-cigarettes indoors

26 Aug 2014

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underestimated

WHO: The Ebola outbreak is much worse than people think

15 Aug 2014

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EBOLA

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8 Aug 2014

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Africa

Ebola outbreak is "moving faster than our efforts to control it"

2 Aug 2014

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HIV

Taking preventative HIV drugs is 'an individual choice', says WHO

11 Jul 2014

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Smallpox

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8 Jul 2014

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Smoking

Minister Reilly honoured by World Health Organisation for his work against tobacco

28 May 2014

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back away from the pint

Ireland has the second highest rate of binge drinking in the world

14 May 2014

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Evening Wrap

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14 May 2014

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Abuse

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12 May 2014

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WHO

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9 May 2014

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WHO

Spread of polio is now an official international health emergency

5 May 2014

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The Daily Poll

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1 May 2014

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World Malaria Day

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25 Apr 2014

Liberia

DFA updates travel advice for Irish citizens, following Ebola outbreak

11 Apr 2014

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Bird Flu

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7 Jan 2014

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aims ireland

'No standardised maternity care' in Ireland as C-section rates vary by 20 per cent

6 Jan 2014

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Opinion

Column: The tobacco industry promotes a killer product – we should limit all interactions with it

John Crown

18 Dec 2013

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Europe

One quarter of women experience physical or sexual violence from a partner

26 Nov 2013

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Measles

HSE report shows Ireland on the way to eliminating German measles

25 Oct 2013

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Bird Flu

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19 Aug 2013

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Uh-Oh

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21 Jun 2013

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Smoking

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1 Jun 2013

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Virus

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28 May 2013

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Healthscare

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20 May 2013

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Virus

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13 May 2013

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Saudi Arabia

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Health

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