People aged 17 and older can avail of the service. The HSE has launched a free national online service that provides people in Ireland aged 17 and older with the option to test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at home. People in this age group can order a free STI test kit on an online […]

3 years ago

A worrying statistic. Provisional 2018 data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) revealed a 7% increase in sexually transmitted infections in Ireland when compared to 2017. According to the report, syphilis infections were up 22%, while common bacterial sexually transmitted infections gonorrhoea and chlamydia were up 7%. Two main groups were affected the most […]

7 years ago

Swipe safely! It is the start of the new year, which usually finds folk with a renewed sense of purpose in finding a partner. Or partners. Whatever makes you happy, really. Sunday 6 January – aka Single Sunday – is reportedly the busiest day of the year of dating apps around the world (we go […]

7 years ago

Oh. Post-Brexit Britain is seemingly under ‘significant threat’ from infection disease unless the government can work out a way to mediate health relationship between health bodies in the UK and EU. How ironic.  The Evening Standard reports that “Britain is said to be under ‘significant threat’ from such diseases after Brexit if the government doesn’t work out a way of […]

8 years ago

*gulps* A man in the UK has contracted the very first recorded case of treatment-resistant super-gonorrhoea. Public Health England says it is the first time the infection cannot be cured with first choice antibiotics. The man attended sexual health services this year and was found to be infected with a form of the bacteria that is […]

8 years ago

Take note.

8 years ago