Toilet fire safety — the latest delay to National Children’s Hospital
Concerns about the fire safety of toilets within the new National Children’s Hospital have emerged, with further delays…
Public invited to comment on children’s mental health services
The public has been asked to comment on the first national standards for children’s mental health services, describing…
Ireland urged to push permanent EU online child sexual abuse detection rules
A decision is awaited by the European Council of Ministers on a temporary solution which would mean that…
Stronger nutrition programs needed as children globally fall short on healthy plant foods
A global analysis has uncovered critical childhood nutrition gaps, with not enough youths eating healthy plant-based foods, which…
As presidential fitness test returns for students, so do old questions
WASHINGTON — The presidential fitness test, a divisive hallmark of children’s education from the 1960s to the 2010s,…
Féile O’Sullivan: One year on, West Cork teenager is ‘upbeat and all set to return to school’
Marking one year since a devastating farm accident in West Cork which led to her losing both her…
Woman so ill she needed oxygen support urges people to give clinical trials a go
A Limerick woman who was so ill she needed oxygen support before going on a successful clinical trial…
Chronic stress helps tumors evade immune attack through gut microbes
Chronic psychological stress can help tumors evade immune attack through a chain of molecular events involving gut bacteria…
More teens are overdosing on Benadryl and similar drugs, America’s Poison Control Centers warns
Poison control centers have seen an alarming rise in teens ingesting large amounts of Benadryl and similar over-the-counter…
‘Almost 100,000 children in Ireland in consistent poverty’
Almost 100,000 children in Ireland lived in consistent poverty in 2025, according to a report compiled by the…
Taoiseach tells Cork dad who lost one son that discussions on life-changing drug for his other son will be brought forward
As reported by the Irish Examiner last week, Craig Coady is imploring the HSE to approve the drug…
The Deadly Dance: Why Beating RSV Means Also Fighting Pneumococcus — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Zulkifli Ismail & Dr Cheang Hon Kit
Every winter, pediatric wards fill with infants gasping for breath. The culprit is often Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV),…