Mythbuster: Low risk or no risk?
...than just show that two factors happen in the same place or even follow the same pattern (otherwise we might assume all kinds of strange things, like US technology expenditure...
Protecting the country's health
Posts relating to PHE Priority 3: Protecting the country's health
A hepatitis C story worth telling
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Helen Harris, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Protecting the country's health
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 …
Keeping music fans safe at Glastonbury
...impressive beard. Who would suspect that behind the fields of wellington boots and abandoned tents lurks a team from PHE, constantly working to keep festival-goers on their admittedly wobbly feet....
The genomics of tuberculosis
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Christine McCartney, Posted on:
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Microbiology services, Protecting the country's health
Tuberculosis (TB) is a vital public health problem facing England. Rates have stabilised over the past seven years, but the incidence of TB in England remains high compared to most...
Keeping fans healthy at the 2014 World Cup
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Geraldine Oliver, Posted on:
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Global health, Protecting the country's health
...travel health nursing team. Travellers should seek advice as soon as possible about travel vaccines. Recommendations will depend on the exact nature of the travel, but an appointment for last...
The serum archive for emerging zoonoses
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Hilary Kirkbride, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Protecting the country's health
...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...
Why vaccinate?
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Joanne Yarwood, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Immunisation and vaccination, Protecting the country's health
...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...
Joining up national commissioning for sexual and reproductive health and HIV services
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Kate Folkard, Posted on:
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Health and Wellbeing, Health Protection, Protecting the country's health, Reducing the burden of disease, Sexual health
...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...
Tips and tricks to stay safe from ticks
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Jolyon Medlock, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Protecting the country's health
...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...
Proteomics: studying proteins to fight disease
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Christine McCartney, Posted on:
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Antimicrobial resistance, Microbiology services, Protecting the country's health
...of the proteome. In PHE, one of the ways that we analyse bacterial proteins is using mass spectrometry (MS) technology. This has helped our scientists to understand more about which...