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Precautionary measure taken to protect those most vulnerable from illness during winter following the identification of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86.

• Updated: 30 August 2023

The £1 million presymptomatic mpox (monkeypox) PRIME study hopes to recruit 2,000 participants in England.

• Updated: 22 August 2023

UKHSA data reveals 70,649 people living with hepatitis C in England in 2022, marking a 45% decrease since 2015.

• Updated: 28 July 2023

Latest update from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on the risk to human health from avian influenza (influenza A H5N1).

• Updated: 14 July 2023

Introduction of Shingrix® vaccine for the whole programme and expansion of eligible cohorts.

• Updated: 4 July 2023

All secondary school pupils eligible for free flu vaccine as government expands vaccination programme.

• Updated: 4 July 2023

Moving from 2 to 1 dose schedule for those aged under 25 years in the universal and MSM HPV programmes.

• Updated: 29 June 2023

UKHSA is reminding Hajj and Umrah pilgrims to prioritise Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) safety measures when travelling to the Middle East.

• Updated: 13 June 2023

Last year, gonorrhoea diagnoses were highest on record and syphilis diagnoses were highest since 1948.

• Updated: 6 June 2023

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) urges people to remain vigilant as a further 10 cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been diagnosed in the UK.

• Updated: 25 May 2023

UK government announces up to £39 million cash injection for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research through the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF).

• Updated: 22 May 2023

UKHSA has detected influenza A (H5) virus in 2 poultry workers, following the introduction of an asymptomatic testing programme for people who have been in contact with infected birds.

• Updated: 16 May 2023

Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on scarlet fever and invasive group A streptococcus cases.

• Updated: 15 May 2023

The offer of a first or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine will end on 30 June 2023 for most people.

• Updated: 5 May 2023

A new study aims to better understand how the body reacts to the mpox virus and produces antibodies.

• Updated: 3 May 2023

A new risk assessment, published by a multi-agency cross-government committee, reports that tick borne encephalitis is now likely to be present in England.

• Updated: 5 April 2023

Fewer poliovirus detections in London show signs of reduced community transmission but vaccine rates in some London boroughs still too low.

• Updated: 23 March 2023

Sustained reduction in case numbers means targeted vaccine programme is no longer needed and can be wound down in the summer.

• Updated: 22 March 2023

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data released shows a sharp increase in reports of confirmed cases of norovirus – the most common infectious cause of vomiting and diarrhoea.

• Updated: 9 March 2023

Adults aged 75 and over, residents in a care home for older adults and immunosuppressed individuals will be eligible for a spring booster.

• Updated: 8 March 2023