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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....
Wednesday, 15 December 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 ...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
UKHSA publishes the latest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage statistics in England for academic year 2020 to 2021....
Sunday, 05 December 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 Christ...
Friday, 03 December 2021
Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has been honoured in the Science, Technology and Innovation categor...
Thursday, 02 December 2021
On 1 December, Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, signed a memorandum of understanding with Andrea Ammon, Director of European Centre for Diseas...
Thursday, 02 December 2021
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 (UKHS...
Monday, 29 November 2021
Following the emergence of the Omicron variant, including confirmed cases in the UK, JCVI has urgently reviewed vaccine response measures....
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Analysis by the UK Health Security Agency in women giving birth has reinforced international evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have good safety record i...
Monday, 22 November 2021
The infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance for health and care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic has been updated to cover other seasonal...
Friday, 19 November 2021
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 publi...
Thursday, 18 November 2021
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 av...
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
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 wa...
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
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....
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Maven® by Conduent has been selected as the new Case and Incident Management System (CIMS) that will replace UKHSA’s current system...
Monday, 15 November 2021
JCVI has advised that, in addition to those aged over 50 years and at higher risk from coronavirus, all adults aged 40 to 49 years should be offered a...
Monday, 15 November 2021
Results from first UK real-world study by UKHSA show significantly increased protection against symptomatic disease from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boost...
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
The Princess Royal today visited UKHSA's Colindale site to open a new laboratory, marking 100 years of the world’s oldest existing collection of bacte...
Thursday, 04 November 2021
Interim findings from the latest report of REACT-1, one of the largest studies into coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in England, have been published ...
Cabinet Office Queen Elizabeth Trust launched to strengthen communities across the United Kingdom
UK Health Security Agency RSV maternal vaccine cuts baby hospital admissions by up to 85%
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street PM call with President Aoun of Lebanon: 17 April 2026
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street PM meeting with President Macron of France: 17 April 2026
Civil Nuclear Constabulary CNC leads multi-force legal mock trial event