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Thursday, 02 December 2021
The total number of new HIV diagnoses in England decreased by 33% in 2020 according to new data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHS...
Monday, 29 November 2021
Following the emergence of the Omicron variant, including confirmed cases in the UK, JCVI has urgently reviewed vaccine response measures....
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Analysis by the UK Health Security Agency in women giving birth has reinforced international evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have good safety record i...
Monday, 22 November 2021
The infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance for health and care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic has been updated to cover other seasonal...
Friday, 19 November 2021
Full findings from the latest report of the government-backed REACT-1, one of the largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England, have been publi...
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Following an increase in avian flu cases in humans in China, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people travelling to the country to av...
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Following a review of evidence by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), advice on second doses for young people aged 16 to 17 wa...
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
New UKHSA data shows that bloodstream infections dropped in 2020 for the first time since 2016 but remain at a higher level than 6 years ago....
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Maven® by Conduent has been selected as the new Case and Incident Management System (CIMS) that will replace UKHSA’s current system...
Monday, 15 November 2021
JCVI has advised that, in addition to those aged over 50 years and at higher risk from coronavirus, all adults aged 40 to 49 years should be offered a...
Monday, 15 November 2021
Results from first UK real-world study by UKHSA show significantly increased protection against symptomatic disease from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boost...
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
The Princess Royal today visited UKHSA's Colindale site to open a new laboratory, marking 100 years of the world’s oldest existing collection of bacte...
Thursday, 04 November 2021
Interim findings from the latest report of REACT-1, one of the largest studies into coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in England, have been published ...
Sunday, 31 October 2021
Additional support will be deployed to 3 local authorities in the East of England in response to high rates of COVID-19 cases in the region....
Friday, 29 October 2021
The UK Health Security Agency and ministers are calling on young people to make sure they take a rapid COVID-19 test before returning to school after ...
Thursday, 28 October 2021
New data published today by UKHSA shows reported cases of TB fell in England in 2020, reducing rates from 8.4 per 100,000 in 2019 to 7.3 per 100,000....
Friday, 22 October 2021
Following reports of people receiving negative PCR test results after they have tested positive on an LFD, NHS TT has investigated and testing has bee...
Thursday, 14 October 2021
Study shows SARS-CoV-2 prevalence has increased to 0.83%, with 1 in 120 people infected, although the prevalence appears to be remaining stable overal...
Monday, 11 October 2021
The UK has now uploaded over one million genome sequences to the international GISAID database, accounting for nearly a quarter of all sequences publi...
Friday, 08 October 2021
One million COVID-19 tests have been processed at the new megalab in Leamington Spa using cutting-edge testing technology including top of the range r...
Friday, 01 October 2021
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the nation’s new public health body focused on health protection and security, has today become fully operation...
Monday, 27 September 2021
UKHSA has recommended 3 pragmatic changes to the current management of COVID-19 IPC measures, with a focus on elective care....
Thursday, 26 August 2021
UKHSA has been awarded funding to lead a consortium of research partners to better understand how individuals respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) va...
Friday, 23 July 2021
From this week, UKHSA will take on responsibility for modelling and publishing the government’s estimates of the R value and growth rate....
Monday, 12 July 2021
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is the new organisation responsible for preparing, preventing and responding to threats to the nation’s health....
Thursday, 01 July 2021
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), working with NHS England (NHSE), has launched a 5-year action plan to drive down tuberculosis (TB) cases in Eng...
Ministry of Defence UK and Poland agree enhanced missile defence and helicopter training cooperation
Government Actuary's Department Up-rating Report 2026 - report on the National Insurance Fund
Department of Health and Social Care Secretary of State's keynote Institute for Government speech
Department for Education Premier League and literary greats back National Year of Reading
Environment Agency Reappointments to the Environment Agency Board
Home Office Illegal working raids reach highest level in UK history
Ministry of Defence Update: air strikes against Daesh
The Charity Commission Regulator investigates theatre company over governance concerns
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia: Jo Lomas