Posts about the work of the Health Protection directorate
...discussions with end users to find out what they want and need. With that in mind, the Online Services Team focused on transferring: content that users want and need to...
...those vulnerable because of age, illness or poor quality accommodation. Sometimes good advice may be obvious. Featured image "Temperature in C° + R" copyright Acid Pix. Used under Creative Commons....
At the Academy Awards earlier this year, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for their respective portrayals of people living with HIV. I’m a scientist, not a film critic, but I couldn’t help but …
...of these infections considered to be zoonoses. Zoonoses are infections spread between animals and humans. So people that have close and frequent exposure to animals, especially sick animals, or animal...
...sign of the condition is a tingling sensation in the affected area, followed by pain and then a rash, usually on the chest. It mainly affects older adults as you...
...a local level is essential. More broadly, to deliver on the opportunities created by the transition in sexual and reproductive health and HIV commissioning arrangements over the last year, real...
...at this time of year much of my time is taken up studying them: their ecology, abundance and the diseases they transmit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzR1eja6Wa8 Ticks are becoming much more common now...
We have had some fantastic news recently. More children have been vaccinated against measles and the number of measles infections has reduced. This means that we are getting back on track towards eliminating the disease. Measles has been relatively rare …
...of year. Syndromic surveillance primarily measures the reporting of symptoms caused by anything from flu to norovirus. It’s not simply bugs we look at, either. This surveillance can also measure...
In the past month, windstorms and flooding have been knocking at our doors more frequently than we would like. Like an unwelcome guest, severe weather brings with it many problems and often ones that are not always easily visible. It …
