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The Mastomys rat is the host for the Lassa Fever virus
Monthly reports on laboratory confirmed respiratory infections in England and Wales.
Weekly data from UK laboratories on the number of cases of notifiable bacteria and viruses.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) provided evidence-based, objective analysis to inform local and national decision-making in response to COVID-19 outbreaks.
New research supported by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has shown that the time to detect polio can be halved using a technique called Direct molecular Detection and Nanopore Sequencing (DDNS), supporting the global effort to eradicate...
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