Government news, all in one place
Government news, all in one place
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Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Approximately 13% of new students missed their free MenACWY vaccine in school and remain unprotected against 4 deadly types of meningitis....
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
The £1 million presymptomatic mpox (monkeypox) PRIME study hopes to recruit 2,000 participants in England....
Tuesday, 08 August 2023
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced its advice regarding persons who will be eligible for a COVID-19 booster vacc...
Monday, 07 August 2023
Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) to be at forefront of UK’s ability to research and develop vaccines against the world’s deadliest pat...
Friday, 28 July 2023
UKHSA data reveals 70,649 people living with hepatitis C in England in 2022, marking a 45% decrease since 2015....
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has today launched its 3-year strategy to combat both new and re-emerging threats and to protect health security...
Thursday, 20 July 2023
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding summer travellers of simple steps to reduce their risk of common infections when travelling abroad....
Friday, 14 July 2023
Latest update from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on the risk to human health from avian influenza (influenza A H5N1)....
Friday, 14 July 2023
UKHSA modelling suggests that, unless MMR vaccination rates improve, London could see a measles outbreak with tens of thousands of cases....
Thursday, 22 June 2023
UKHSA has published its annual flu report for the 2022 to 2023 flu season, the first time flu has been widespread since the COVID-19 pandemic began....
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Teenagers and eligible GBMSM under the age of 25 will only require a single HPV jab from September, following updated advice from JCVI....
Friday, 16 June 2023
Vaccinations against mpox are to be extended in London following a recent cluster of cases, with most in those who had not been vaccinated....
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
UKHSA is reminding Hajj and Umrah pilgrims to prioritise Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) safety measures when travelling to the Middle Eas...
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
Last year, gonorrhoea diagnoses were highest on record and syphilis diagnoses were highest since 1948....
Thursday, 01 June 2023
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is today launching a new Heat-Health Alerting (HHA) service in partnership with the Met Office....
Thursday, 25 May 2023
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) urges people to remain vigilant as a further 10 cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been diagnosed in the UK....
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
UKHSA has detected influenza A (H5) virus in 2 poultry workers, following the introduction of an asymptomatic testing programme for people who have be...
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
UKHSA has launched a 10-year science strategy, setting out how UKHSA’s science can save more lives and contribute to the UK’s ambition to be a global ...
Monday, 15 May 2023
Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on scarlet fever and invasive group A streptococcus cases....
Thursday, 04 May 2023
Parents are being asked to check children are fully up to date with their measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations by checking their vaccine rec...
Wednesday, 03 May 2023
A new study aims to better understand how the body reacts to the mpox virus and produces antibodies....
Thursday, 27 April 2023
The Plan, developed by scientists and public health experts, brings together and improves existing guidance on weather and health....
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
The study aims to learn about antimicrobial resistance in healthy people to inform better ways of tackling antimicrobial resistant infections in diffe...
Monday, 24 April 2023
Uptake of adolescent vaccines offered to young people in school year 9 are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels....
Monday, 17 April 2023
Cindy Rampersaud has been appointed non-executive member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee....
Thursday, 06 April 2023
Committee recommends COVID-19 vaccine for children with underlying medical conditions....
Wednesday, 05 April 2023
A new risk assessment, published by a multi-agency cross-government committee, reports that tick borne encephalitis is now likely to be present in Eng...
Tuesday, 04 April 2023
2022 data shows the average vaccine uptake across England has dropped to 61.5%, its lowest level since 2016....
Thursday, 30 March 2023
The changes come over a year after the nation began the transition to living with COVID-19....
Friday, 24 March 2023
The public is warned not to eat recalled Baronet semi-soft cheeses because they are contaminated with listeria, in some cheeses at exceptionally high ...