With tuberculosis (TB) on the rise again, how can we prevent further spread?
On World TB Day 2025, we look at the most recent data, which showed a rise of 13% in reported numbers of cases in England between 2023 and 2024.
How we are pioneering artificial intelligence applications in public health
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to address health security challenges. Here are 3 examples of projects that demonstrate how we're using cutting-edge AI technology to protect and improve public health. Using …
What is space weather, and why are we monitoring it?
As the Sun reaches its most active period in 22 years, we’re increasingly aware of the potential risks from severe space weather events. In our latest blog post, find out how we're refining our understanding and responses to space weather, ensuring the UK remains resilient to these cosmic challenges.
Nanoplastics are everywhere: what is the health impact of these tiny particles?
Nanoplastics, and their slightly larger cousins microplastics, are polluting our environment and our food. The study of these tiny particles is still a relatively new field and in this blog post for British Science Week we’ll explore how scientists are investigating the effects nanoparticles are having on the human brain and its defences.
The National Collection of Type Cultures: where 100-year-old samples help solve today’s problems
For British Science Week, we take a look at how decades old, pre-antibiotic samples in our Culture Collections are helping to address health security challenges today. Read our latest blog post to find out how our specimens have become essential ingredients in some of the most important scientific developments in history – some more than once.
Changes to health protection notification regulations (NOIDs)
NOIDs publishing has been paused from 3 April 2025 while UKHSA undertakes development work to improve the completeness of what is published compared with what is reported to UKHSA Health Protection Teams by doctors. This pause is timed to also …
Behind the Scenes at RIPL: Protecting the UK from deadly diseases
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In this blog post we take a behind-the-scenes look at the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL), where our scientists work to safeguard public health from rare and deadly diseases. Our laboratories RIPL is the UK’s frontline clinical diagnostic laboratory …
What are the symptoms of Lassa fever and how is it spread?
This blog post summarises the key points about Lassa fever and what UKHSA does when a case of an infectious disease such as Lassa fever is identified in the UK.
Andrew Donaldson-Wheatcroft: 'We should see HIV testing as an essential part of self-care'
If you are interested in skincare, beauty and wellness, you might know of influencer Andrew Donaldson-Wheatcroft, who has well over 200,000 followers on his social media accounts. Alongside this content, Andrew is an advocate for people living with HIV. In …
Meningitis: I underwent multiple surgeries, including the amputation of several fingers
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Immunisation and vaccination, immunisations, Uncategorized
In this blog post, Becca shares her story of how meningitis changed her life and disrupted her plans just weeks into her starting her degree.