Public Health

A parent’s guide to summer infections and health hazards – UK Health Security Agency

As summer arrives, you’re likely to spend more time outdoors with your children. Lots of us love this time of year and it’s great...
Public Health

Racial Equity Impact Assessments: A Valuable, Yet Underutilized, Tool to Address Structural Racism

Structural racism and other forms of discrimination are deeply embedded in laws, policies, and government actions. However, law can also be used to confront...

How factors like your location, job or ethnicity can damage your health – UK Health Security Agency

Health inequalities are avoidable differences in health across our populations. You can suffer health inequalities because of where you were born or live, your...

How the Private Sector Community Benefits Movement is Advancing Health Equity

Nothing to Laugh About: Nitrous Oxide Misuse and the Need for a Public Health Response

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Travel health and the growing risk of antibiotic-resistant STIs like gonorrhoea...

Travel offers exciting adventures, but it's important to protect your health wherever you go. While casual sexual encounters during holidays are common, protecting yourself...
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The disease families which require urgent scientific research – UK Health...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was set up to protect health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards. We prepare for future threats to...
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Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Spring Booster’? –...

As we move into spring, protection from any earlier COVID-19 vaccination you may have had will be starting to wane. COVID-19 can still be very...
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With tuberculosis (TB) on the rise again, how can we prevent...

UKHSA’s most recent data on tuberculosis (TB) revealed a rise in reported numbers in England by 13% in 2024 (5,480) compared to 2023 (4,850)....
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Home Cooling Policies Can Combat Health Impacts of Extreme Heat, But...

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Changes to health protection notification regulations (NOIDs) – UK Health Security...

From 6 April 2025, we’re expanding the list of pathogens that Registered Medical Professionals and laboratories in England must notify us about. The changes will...