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Vaccinations are to be offered to 5 to 11 year olds who are at higher risk from coronavirus (COVID-19).
NHS Test and Trace services will continue every day over Christmas and the New Year, providing and processing tests for those who need them and tracing contacts of positive cases.
From today, new guidance enables the 10-day self-isolation period for people who have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) to be reduced to 7 days, in most cases.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is calling on all pregnant women to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Meaghan Kall, an epidemiologist at UKHSA has been included in Nature magazine’s global top 10 list of people who helped shape science in 2021.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Royal Mail have today announced that delivery capacity for COVID-19 testing kits will double in response to unprecedented demand.
UKHSA publishes the latest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage statistics in England for academic year 2020 to 2021.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is urging all those eligible to take up their flu vaccine by 10 December to ensure protection in time for Christmas.
Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has been honoured in the Science, Technology and Innovation category.
On 1 December, Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, signed a memorandum of understanding with Andrea Ammon, Director of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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 (UKHSA).
Following the emergence of the Omicron variant, including confirmed cases in the UK, JCVI has urgently reviewed vaccine response measures.
Analysis by the UK Health Security Agency in women giving birth has reinforced international evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have good safety record in pregnant women.
New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant under investigation.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance for health and care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic has been updated to cover other seasonal respiratory infections.
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 published today.
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 avoid handling produce at wet markets.
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 was issued earlier this week.
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.
Maven® by Conduent has been selected as the new Case and Incident Management System (CIMS) that will replace UKHSA’s current system
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