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Amber Cold Weather Health Alerts are in place for parts of England starting 18 November, with yellow alerts for London and the South from 19 November.
There were an estimated 66,730 serious antibiotic-resistant infections in 2023.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirms additional cases of Clade Ib mpox.
The ninth annual #MedSafetyWeek takes place this week, with regulators from 94 countries and 107 organisations taking part across the globe.
RSV infections lead to 640,000 antibiotic prescriptions a year, new analysis from UKHSA, Imperial College London and Oxford Population Health has found.
The government is set to partner with Oxford Nanopore, which uses technology to rapidly diagnose a range of cancers, along with rare and infectious diseases.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding parents of the simple steps they can take to reduce the spread of stomach bugs and winter illnesses.
The appointment will involve a time commitment of 33 days per year. Remuneration for the role will be at a rate of £500 per attendance and preparation for meetings.
The latest weekly flu surveillance data published by UKHSA today shows flu case numbers are twice as high among school children, aged 5 to 14 years.
The Health and Social Care Secretary confirmed the update during a speech at the Royal College of GPs’ conference in Liverpool.
UKHSA with DHSC and NHS launch Get Winter Strong campaign to remind those at risk to get their vaccinations to fight off the onslaught of winter viruses.
UKHSA is advising students to use condoms when having sex with new or casual partners.
To better understand Mpox and its spread within the UK, VDEC developed an immunoassay to assess immune responses to Mpox infection and new vaccines.
Additional vaccines will help ensure the UK can protect those that may be at higher risk of coming into contact with mpox.
The measles vaccination is part of the NHS Routine Childhood Immunisation Programme – with 1 dose offered at 1 year and a second dose at 3 years 4 months.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 22 August 2024, approved a product licence for the medicine lecanemab (Leqembi) for use in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, following a thorou…
The UK Health Security Agency is encouraging students to make the healthiest start to their studies possible.
The UK Health Security Agency responds to the World Health Organisation declaring an mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
Between June 2022 and May 2024, 15 ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhoea cases were detected in England
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