The Department of Health, HSE and training bodies must ensure physician associates/assistants (PAs) are not used...

NCHD industrial action is “still on the cards” if contract negotiations do not “meaningfully” progress, according...

Long-term exposure to air pollution worsens the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), according to research...

A randomised controlled trial (RCT) presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in September suggests...

Late last year, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) released its 2026 Global...

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) defines COPD as a “heterogenous lung condition...

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting people around the world at all...

Pneumonia. At the end of 2025, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) published new guidance on the...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a topical subject at the moment, particularly since the successful introduction...

Globally, 300 million people live with a rare disease, including 30 million in Europe and 300,000...

Despite significant progress in recent years, tobacco use remains a major public health challenge in Ireland....

The world’s children lose 8.45 million days of healthy life each year globally due to second-hand...