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Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Autumn Booster’? – UK Health Security Agency

When autumn comes, protection from any earlier COVID-19 vaccination you may have had will be starting to wane. For those who are more likely...

U.S. Funding Cuts and Their Impact Worldwide: Insights from the Harm Reduction International Conference 

What the evidence says about interventions to reduce pollution and improve lives – UK Health Security Agency

Breathing in polluted air affects our health, reduces our life expectancy, and costs our society billions of pounds each year. It is estimated that...

How to avoid rabies and what to do if you’re exposed while travelling – UK Health Security Agency

Rabies is a rare but deadly viral infection that affects the brain and nervous system. Human cases of rabies are extremely rare in the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How the Private Sector Community Benefits Movement is Advancing Health Equity