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Monday, 15 August 2022
All of the available boosters provide good protection against severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19)....
Friday, 12 August 2022
With high temperatures forecast for much of the country this week, UKHSA has issued a heat-health alert....
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
As further poliovirus has been detected in sewage, JCVI recommends that polio vaccine booster doses should be offered to children across London....
Friday, 05 August 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published the latest technical briefing, which shows early signs that the outbreak is plateauing....
Friday, 05 August 2022
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation says 1 dose shown to be just as effective as 2 at preventing cancers caused by HPV in adolescents....
Thursday, 28 July 2022
Regular UKHSA updates on the ongoing investigation into higher than usual rates of liver inflammation (hepatitis) in children across the UK....
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
The UK Health Security Agency, led by our West Midlands team, urges visitors taking part to be mindful of the latest health and hot weather advice....
Monday, 25 July 2022
In light of clinical experience during this outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is updating the case definition for monkeypox....
Friday, 15 July 2022
Everyone aged 50 and over will be among those offered a COVID-19 booster and a flu jab this autumn under plans to increase protection against respirat...
Friday, 15 July 2022
With temperatures rising to forecasted record levels this weekend, UKHSA and the Met Office is reminding people to take precautions to stay safe throu...
Friday, 08 July 2022
Latest UKHSA data shows monkeypox transmission continuing primarily in interconnected sexual networks of gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (...
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
UKHSA is reminding Hajj pilgrims to be aware of the risk of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....
Friday, 24 June 2022
Outbreak continues to grow and cases remain primarily in gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within interconnected sexual networks....
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Investigation underway to protect public, who are urged to ensure polio vaccines are up to date, especially parents of young children who may have mis...
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
UK Health Security Agency publishes new guidance on offering the Imvanex vaccine to men considered to be at higher risk of exposure....
Thursday, 09 June 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued further guidance to support people who have been diagnosed with monkeypox and advised to self-isolate...
Wednesday, 01 June 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published new details about the outbreak of monkeypox in the UK in an epidemiological update with data up to...
Monday, 30 May 2022
UK’s 4 public health agencies issue monkeypox guidance to control transmission in the community....
Monday, 23 May 2022
The New Variant Assessment Platform is working to improve genomic sequencing infrastructure across 9 countries and territories to help identify new va...
Thursday, 19 May 2022
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has provided interim advice to government regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) booster doses th...
Friday, 13 May 2022
Latest UKHSA data shows increasing numbers coming forward for COVID-19 vaccine, but uptake continues to differ by ethnicity and areas of higher depriv...
Friday, 13 May 2022
Latest UKHSA data shows 79.2% of those aged 75+ who became eligible at the end of March for coronavirus (COVID-19) booster have taken up the vaccine....
Friday, 06 May 2022
Investigating an ongoing outbreak linked to certain Kinder products made by Ferrero. The majority of the cases are children under 5 years of age....
Wednesday, 04 May 2022
UKHSA has signed a memorandum of understanding with KDCA to further expand and deepen technical collaboration in the field of disease control and prev...
Thursday, 28 April 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has appointed 5 non-executive members and 3 associate non-executive members to its advisory board....
Saturday, 09 April 2022
Latest updates on a case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever identified in England....
Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Findings from the final report of the government-backed REACT-1, one of the largest studies into coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in England, have be...
Friday, 01 April 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has today published updated guidance to support the next stage of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
People with HIV or known to be immunocompromised will continue to receive 3 doses....
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Information on who can access free coronavirus (COVID-19) tests from 1 April 2022 and how to get them....
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street PM call with President Macron of France: 12 April 2026
Air Accidents Investigation Branch The AAIB has sent a team to Manchester
Department of Health and Social Care Letter to BMA Resident Doctors Committee
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street PM call with the Sultan of Oman: 12 April 2026
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Iconic golden eagles to make comeback in England
Department of Health and Social Care NHS experts deployed to tackle corridor care
Ministry of Defence Minister for Armed Forces speech at the London Defence Conference