XEC Covid variant makes up around a fifth of new UK cases, data shows UKHSA data shows 21.1 per cent of cases belonged to the strain Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024
Covid XEC variant: What are the symptoms of new virus strain? Everything you need to know about the Covid XEC strain The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024
How to book a Covid vaccination and who is eligible to get the jab? Covid hospital cases from new variant XEC have surged across Britain at an ‘alarming’ rate The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024
Covid hospitalisations surge as new variant XEC spreads across UK The North East has seen the highest hospital admission rates at 8.12 per 100,000, UKHSA says The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2024
XEC Covid variant: Hospitalisations on the rise in London amid spread of new strain UK Health Security Agency officials have urged anyone eligible to come forward for a booster vaccine Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
NHS warns of 18,000 flu deaths since 2022 as it urges vaccination uptake Health experts ask those eligible to ‘help reduce the burden on our hospitals’ over winter by booking in for free jabs The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024
Health officials sound alarm over drop in flu vaccine uptake ‘Just go and get it, don’t take the risk,’ warns a mother whose child was hospitalised by the winter virus The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2024
University students urged to use condoms amid high gonorrhoea and syphilis rates The UK Health Security Agency released the latest data. Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2024
London's measles hotspots revealed as parents urged to get children vaccinated Nearly half of all cases in England this year have been reported in the capital Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024
London freshers warned to protect against STIs amid high transmission in capital Young adults in London are more likely to have an STI than other regions Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2024
Pressure mounts on publisher of Economist over ties to tobacco Exclusive: Experts pull out of health conferences run by Economist Impact after revelations of commercial links The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024
Residents near Lancashire chemicals plant told to wash homegrown produce Exclusive: council issues advisory as investigation begins and documents reveal estimates of PFOA emissions The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024
'Extremely hygiene conscious' London mother died after mystery E coli infection, inquest hears Laura Farmer was thought to be recovering when she suffered an unexpected stroke and died Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2024
Quarter of London children unvaccinated against measles, figures show MMR vaccination rate in the capital at lowest rate in 14 years Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2024
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2024 Covid variant XEC 'taking charge', experts warn with fears it will sweep across Europe and the US The new strain was discovered by German scientists in June
Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2024 Mpox: Government orders 150,000 vaccine doses as health agency warns new strain 'likely' to be found in UK Jab to be offered to eligible groups over the coming months
Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2024 What is Covid XEC and what are the symptoms to look out for? Cases surge across the UK The variant, first detected in Germany, is now soaring across the UK
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024 Parents in UK urged to ensure children get measles jab before new school term Health agency warns of surge in cases of potentially serious disease as MMR vaccination uptake falls below 95%
Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2024 Campaigners issue urgent call for mpox vaccine rollout in UK amid new dangerous variant Campaigners call for urgent roll-out of mpox vaccine in UK and abroad amid dangerous Clade 1 variant
Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2024 Mpox myths debunked: Questions around the outbreak answered Mpox, which is now considered a public health emergency, is typically mild but can be fatal
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024 UK prepares for mpox cases after global emergency declared Risk considered low but health plans include rapid testing and care protocols for people with infection
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024 UK mpox outbreak of 2022: Where cases started and how infection spread to 3,000 people Transmission of mpox – monkeypox – in the UK was linked to sexual activity and hit more than 3,000 by December 2022
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024 London's gonorrhoea rate doubles in decade amid warning of antibiotic resistant cases Analysis shows diagnostic rate of STI has jumped 133% in ten-year period
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024 Gonorrhoea getting more drug-resistant and ‘may become untreatable’ Rise in super-strength cases in England reaches highest level since records began, UKHSA says
International Business Times UK · Aug 15, 2024 Doctor Warns Of 'Sloth Fever' As 19 Europeans Fall Sick: Symptoms, Risks, And What To Do If Infected A warning has been issued to the European Union after an increase in the number of cases of the oropouche virus, also known as "sloth fever."