Public Health
Travel health and the growing risk of antibiotic-resistant STIs like gonorrhoea – UK Health Security Agency
Travel offers exciting adventures, but it's important to protect your health wherever you go. While casual sexual encounters during holidays are common, protecting yourself...
Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Spring Booster’? – UK Health Security Agency
As we move into spring, protection from any earlier COVID-19 vaccination you may have had will be starting to wane.
COVID-19 can still be very...
The disease families which require urgent scientific research – UK Health Security Agency
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was set up to protect health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards. We prepare for future threats to...
What is bird flu and how are we protecting people against...
Avian influenza (bird flu) is an infectious disease that affects birds, caused by the influenza A virus. Birds are the hosts for a variety...
How we monitor invasive mosquitoes and stop them spreading in the...
As we release data showing a significant rise in travel-related infections like dengue and malaria, we speak to Colin Johnston, Senior Medical Entomologist at...
How to stay healthy while wild swimming – UK Health Security...
Swimming is a great form of exercise we can all enjoy, and there are hundreds of beautiful wild swimming sites across the UK to...
How high is the risk of catching mpox and how can...
Credit: CDC/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
This blog post was reviewed and updated in November 2024.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared...
