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The swine flu vaccination programme is moving into its final phase, where it is now being made available to the general population through HSE clinics nationwide.

Only 50 per cent of pupils offered the swine flu vaccine in schools have availed of the jab, according to the HSE West.

New babies are set to benefit from a new childhood immunisation schedule recommended by the Royal College of Physicians, according to local Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey.

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The HSE Dublin Mid Leinster has reminded those at risk of influenza this winter to 'Get the vaccine, not the flu!'.

The new Labour Party candidate for the Kilkenny electoral area, Sean Butler, this week highlighted the difference in government approach to finding money for bailing out the Irish pork industry and the inability to find money to vaccinate young Irish girls against cervical cancer.

A major increase in the number of mumps cases in the west has resulted in the HSE West advising teenagers and young adults to ensure that they have had two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine to avoid contracting the infection. The number of reported mumps cases in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon rocketed from 18 last year to 258 by mid December this year.

It is not too late for people who may be at risk of catching the flu to get the flu vaccine from their local GP, Dep Noel Treacy has pointed out this week. The east Galway TD has urged anyone at risk of contracting flu to get the vaccine as soon as possible.

Labour Councillor Michael O’ Brien said that the HSE appeal on the flu virus should be taken very seriously.

Meningitis Research Foundation is concerned to note that mumps cases continue to rise significantly above levels seen in recent years. According to the current Health Protection Surveillance Centre Weekly Infectious Disease Report, 834 cases of mumps have been reported to date compared to 55 by the same time last year, with 60 per cent of cases having been seen in young adults age 15-24.