Posts about the work of the Health Protection directorate
From exam stress to bugs, bumps and bruises, few students go through university without facing a health problem or two. But the last thing you need is an illness that seriously harms your study or social life, so take a …
There’s a simple reason vaccination is so important - it prevents disease and saves lives. And in terms of disease prevention, only clean water (also considered to be a basic human right) performs better. This week is European Immunisation Week, …
For European Immunisation Week we asked David Green, Public Health England’s immunisations nurse expert, to give us answers to some of the questions he gets asked the most. 1. What vaccines are available free on the NHS? The vaccines available …
Are you a teacher or a professional working in an education setting? If so, we have a variety of tools and resources available that can be used in training, in the classroom, as part of whole school approaches or simply …
Ultraviolet radiation, or UV, comes to earth from the sun. The ozone layer protects those of us on the ground from most of it but some does reach the surface. So what else do you need to know about UV? …
Last year there was a lot of media attention in the midst of the season dedicated to the flu vaccine being only 3% effective. It made for some good headlines, and even led one journalist to quip ‘seasonal flu vaccine …
We need to find people with advanced hepatitis C virus related liver disease and provide treatment in order to prevent them dying prematurely from this chronic infection or needing liver transplants or progressing to liver cancer. This is because in …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMybhqoZ75I&feature=youtu.be There’s a very important reason we are releasing a film today with such a recognisable and admired actress. It’s all about the current tuberculosis (TB) situation in London. In 2014 there were 2,572 cases reported in London - more …
Antimicrobial resistance is a huge public health concern and tackling it is one of PHE’s seven priorities. As antimicrobial resistance worsens, our antibiotics become less effective, and it’s vital that we keep the public informed on this issue including how they can contribute to save …
The outbreak of Zika virus in South and Central America, and the Caribbean, has attracted widespread media coverage with particular focus on an apparent increase in the number of babies born with microcephaly (a smaller head than expected which can …
