Public Health
What to do if you catch it and helping to stop the spread – UK Health Security Agency
Norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug (although you can catch it throughout the year, including during summer), is a stomach bug that...
Join the fight against flu by taking part in our citizen science project – UK Health Security Agency
Our scientists are tracking flu and other respiratory viruses and they need your help. Join our FluSurvey UK-wide citizen science programme and contribute directly...
Q&A: What Public Health Professionals Need to Know About Public Health...
Public health advocacy is a core function of public health and plays a crucial role in shaping policies, raising awareness, and ensuring equitable health...
What is measles and why is it so important we’re all...
More than 1 in 10 eligible children under the age of 5 in England haven’t had the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine or are only...
How we protect the UK from vector-borne diseases like dengue and...
Vector-borne diseases - illnesses transmitted to humans by organisms such as mosquitoes and ticks - account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases...
Proposed Legislation to Boycott Opioid Manufacturers Would Undermine the Public Health...
Over the past year, several bills that would impose novel restrictions on the purchasing of naloxone and other opioid antagonists (medications that reverse opioid...
Racial Equity Impact Assessments: A Valuable, Yet Underutilized, Tool to Address...
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 inequalities are avoidable differences in health across our populations. You can suffer health inequalities because of where you were born or live, your...