Posts about the work of the Health Protection directorate
We understand that the recent incidents in Amesbury and Salisbury involving nerve agent Novichok will cause concern about possible health risks. This blog will answer the questions we are getting asked the most and provide you with our most up-to-date …
An urgent and costly public health problem During the 1950s, smog (a toxic combination of soot and sulphur dioxide) was commonplace in UK cities and a major source of disease. Since the Clean Air Act of 1956, the character of …
Genomic information is important for a range of areas in public health protection, from tracking infectious disease outbreaks, to identifying inherited disorders, and characterising mutations that underpin the progression of cancers. Genome: An organism’s complete set of DNA, including all …
In this blog we look at specialised commissioning and explain how it works and the role PHE plays.
This week is European Immunisation Week (EIW) – a week to celebrate the value of vaccination, an intervention which saves millions of lives across the globe every year.
This year, World TB day comes with some encouraging news – the number of TB cases in England have continued to decline, with just under 5,200 cases reported in 2017. This means there has been a 9.3% decrease compared to …
Educating all generations about antibiotic resistance Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. As the misuse and overuse of antibiotics contributes to the rising emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), it is important to engage with the …
Last year the World Health Organization declared that the UK eliminated measles. This is a huge achievement that is testament to the hard work by NHS health professionals over many years to ensure that children and adults are fully protected …
You may have seen media coverage in recent days about so called ‘Aussie’ flu. In response to this, our Medical Director Paul Cosford has answered some key questions about flu and flu vaccination. What is ‘Aussie flu’? So called ‘Aussie …
