Ireland is ‘no better prepared’ for a pandemic than it was six years ago, a panel looking at the response to Covid-19 has heard.

Ireland’s Covid-19 Evaluation Panel heard lessons have not been learnt since the pandemic six years ago ...

Former World Health Organisation chief Dr Michael J Ryan said authorities did not trust people to make their own decisions.

A public “trust pothole” that existed before the pandemic developed into a “trust chasm”, former World Health Organisation ...

Experts warn persistent gaps in nursing homes, public health structures, and coordination leave Ireland vulnerable to future pandemics ...

A standoff between lower- and higher-income countries over sharing pathogen samples and vaccines risks derailing the agreement.

Speaking on Ireland’s Covid-19 Evaluation Panel, Dr Michael J Ryan said “we didn’t trust communities enough” to manage their ...

Dr Anne-Marie Martindale is an Honorary Research Fellow and Professor Gabe Mythen is Professor of Criminology, both in the ...

The UK’s NHS “teetered on the brink of collapse” during the Covid pandemic, and only just coped thanks to the “superhuman” ...

Dr. Ghebreyesus highlighted the global trend of downgrading pandemic readiness in the wake of other urgent geopolitical and economic issues. "The COVID-19 pandemic can now be regarded as a bygone era, ...

The stress and isolation of the pandemic have left social and emotional scars that are already being seen in children, but scientists also predict there could be huge economic costs due to disrupted ...

Executive function scores in children dropped following the onset of the COVID pandemic and remained below pre-pandemic ...