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The essential travel checklist to keep you and your family healthy on holiday – UK Health Security Agency

Planning a holiday abroad? This guide provides essential information to help you travel safely and minimise health risks. Whether you're planning a beach break,...

What you need to know about UV (ultraviolet) radiation – UK Health Security Agency

Ultraviolet, or UV, radiation, comes to earth from the sun. The ozone layer protects those of us on the ground from most of it, but...

Drug Checking is Effective: More States Should Stop Criminalizing It

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...
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Preventing Harm to Children: Safe Storage Laws for Firearms

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What is Candidozyma auris? Fungal pathogen and emerging global health threat...

Fungi are all around us, but some species pose significant threats to human health. They can spread silently, thrive in hospitals, resist multiple treatments,...
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Q&A: What Public Health Professionals Need to Know About Public Health...

Public health advocacy is a core function of public health and plays a crucial role in shaping policies, raising awareness, and ensuring equitable health...
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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 – UK Health...

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...