Ireland Health News API

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            "title": "'I learned how to manage it': Limerick woman shares her story to raise awareness this World COPD Day",
            "description": "Teresa Madden is a member of SingStrong, a community-based initiative aimed at improving the health and quality of life for individuals with COPD through singin...",
            "content": "AS WINTER approaches and respiratory infections begin to rise, a Limerick woman living with COPD is urging others not to ignore the warning signs\nTeresa Madden who is based near Limerick City on the Clare/Limerick border was diagnosed with COPD in 20... [4689 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/health/1947253/i-learned-how-to-manage-it-limerick-woman-shares-her-story-to-raise-awareness-this-world-copd-day.html",
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                "name": "Limerick Leader",
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            "title": "Doctor: Weight loss drugs look set to be made more affordable",
            "description": "Prescribing obesity medications to people who need them is overdue, but it must be aligned with a shift in our culture around food, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.",
            "content": "A DECISION ON the availability of State-funded weight-loss injections for medical card holders or under the HSE’s Drug Payment Scheme is imminent.\nA health technology assessment (HTA) of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of the w... [7280 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/weight-loss-drugs-affordable-healthy-food-culture-shift-6881167-Nov2025/",
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            "title": "Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in Sub-Saharan Africa during the pre-COVID-19 period (2006–2019): a systematic review and meta-analysis",
            "description": "This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of respiratory viruses among people with acute respiratory infections (ARI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We performed an electronic search through the PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, and Scopus databases to identify observational (cross-sectional and cohort), and randomized controlled trial studies published in English and French between January 2006, and December 2019. We used a random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the pooled prevalence of major respiratory viruses across studies. Heterogeneity (I2) was assessed via the chi-square test of Cochran’s Q statistic. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically. This meta-analysis included 73 studies (199,393 participants). Human rhinovirus (HRV) was the most commonly detected virus at 21.2% (95% CI [16.76; 25.75]). The second predominant virus was respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) at 16% (95% CI [12.51; 19.59]), followed by human adenovirus (AdV) at 14.3% (95% CI [10.13; 18.57]), and influenza at 13.9% (95% CI [11.27; 16.62]). Other detected viruses included human parainfluenzavirus (HPIV) 8.9% (95% CI [6.08; 11.83]), human coronavirus (HCoV) 7.2% (95% CI [3.77; 10.67]), enterovirus (EV) 7% (95% CI [4.2; 9.81]), human metapneumovirus (HMPV) 4.6% (95% CI [3.53; 5.78]), and human bocavirus (HBoV) 4.1% (95% CI [1.99; 6.34]). Significant heterogeneity was observed across the overall prevalence and within subgroups for all viruses. Notable variations in respiratory virus prevalence were identified according to age, clinical presentation, setting, and Africa region. The present study has shown that HRV is the most common respiratory virus detected among ARI in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by RSV, AdV, and influenza virus. Ongoing surveillance is important to monitor changes in the etiology, seasonality, and severity of pathogens of interest. Not applicable.",
            "content": "Vos T, Lim SS, Abbafati C, Abbas KM, Abbasi M, Abbasifard M, et al. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019. Lancet. 2020;396(10258):120... [34667 chars]",
            "url": "https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-025-12122-8",
            "image": "https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/cover-hires/journal/12879",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T18:30:27Z",
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                "name": "BMC Infectious Diseases",
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