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Monday, 21 February 2022
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised an additional spring booster dose for the most vulnerable individuals in the po...
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Latest findings from the SIREN study reveal more information about the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing infection, even in people who have alre...
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has updated its vaccination advice for children aged 5 to 11, with a view to increasing pro...
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
A new review by UKHSA shows that people who have had one or more doses of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine are less likely to develop long COVID than ...
Monday, 14 February 2022
New app and video-call support service with specially trained NHS Test and Trace staff will help partially sighted people to take lateral flow tests a...
Thursday, 10 February 2022
The UK has uploaded over 2 million genome sequences to the international GISAID database, accounting for a quarter of all SARS-CoV-2 genomes shared gl...
Thursday, 10 February 2022
The lab opened in Royal Leamington Spa in June 2021 and is the biggest of its kind in the UK, playing a vital role in efforts to combat the spread of ...
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Booster vaccinations are estimated to have prevented 105,600 people from being admitted to hospital with coronavirus (COVID-19) since mid-December....
Monday, 07 February 2022
Three new cases of antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria which causes gonorrhoea, have been confirmed in England....
Tuesday, 01 February 2022
A new campaign warns parents and guardians of the serious risk to children’s health from measles, reminding people to ensure their children are protec...
Monday, 31 January 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is now including data on possible reinfections in its COVID-19 dashboard....
Monday, 31 January 2022
Latest updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) therapeutic agents, a programme of public health activities to support deployment of novel therapeutics for C...
Thursday, 27 January 2022
The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that boosters significantly reduce the risk of death with Omicron....
Thursday, 27 January 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people how to minimise the risk of Shigella, a sexually transmitted infection with growing antibiot...
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
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 ...
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Teenagers and young adults are urged to look out for symptoms and check that they have received all routine vaccinations....
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding travellers of the risk of avian flu when travelling to China for the Lunar New Year....
Tuesday, 11 January 2022
From 11 January, most people with a positive lateral flow test do not need to take a confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to confirm they...
Friday, 07 January 2022
Latest data from UKHSA shows booster doses are continuing to provide high levels of protection against severe disease from the Omicron variant among o...
Thursday, 06 January 2022
More people aged 65 and over than ever before have received their flu vaccine this year, announces the UK Health Security Agency....
Thursday, 06 January 2022
The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed a case of avian influenza in a person in the South West of England....
Wednesday, 05 January 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announces temporary changes to confirmatory PCR tests....
Saturday, 01 January 2022
UKHSA Chief Executive Dr Jenny Harries awarded Damehood in the Queen’s New Year honours list as other UKHSA colleagues also recognised....
Friday, 24 December 2021
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people of the importance of protecting themselves against STIs and how to get tested over the holid...
Thursday, 23 December 2021
Full findings from the latest report of the government-backed REACT-1, one of the largest studies into coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in England, h...
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Vaccinations are to be offered to 5 to 11 year olds who are at higher risk from coronavirus (COVID-19)....
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
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 tracin...
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
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 da...
Thursday, 16 December 2021
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is calling on all pregnant women to get vaccinated as soon as possible....
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
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....
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRA patient safety essay competition 2025
Environment Agency Dorset farmer fined after failing to comply with slurry notice
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Councils urged to crush more fly-tippers’ vehicles
Government Actuary's Department GAD sets up new pension scheme working group
The Charity Commission Regulator launches a statutory inquiry into William Blake House Northants