Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs and airways. Whooping cough is sometimes known as the 100-day cough because of how long it takes to recover from it. What are …
We all know about the harmful effects of alcohol to the drinker. However, evidence is emerging for the harm caused by the drinker to their families, co-workers, the community and society.
Professor Alissa Goodman from UCL's Centre for Longitudinal Studies covers how life course research and the four national cohort studies the Centre runs is helping us understand how the health of successive generations is changing and what risks we face for the future.
Dear everyone New Chief Medical Officer and Deputy It is a pleasure to warmly welcome Professor Chris Whitty’s appointment as the next Chief Medical Officer to succeed Dame Professor Sally Davies. Chris blends a career of science, medicine and public …
PHE centres see some illnesses regularly and have well-rehearsed processes in place. But some diseases are more unusual than others, for which we must be well prepared. This blog looks at how a case of MERS in England was detected, traced and treated.
This blog describes how people are affected by hearing loss across the life course and sets out actions for prevention and treatment.
This blog looks at the latest update to our Local Health platform, which presents indicators for small areas.
This week our CEO's message includes a call for all NHS trusts to become smokefree, the benefits of Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals and our annual flu report.
This week our CEO's message looks at the importance of two MMR doses, the Well North Programme, policing and the public's health, and senior staff changes.
The latest edition of Health Matters, PHE's professional resource, focuses on taking a life course approach to the prevention of ill health and explores the evidence base for this approach. This blog provides a summary of the full edition's content.
This week our CEO's message looks at the economic case for investing in prevention, a new study on the effects of the tobacco display ban, Mental Health Awareness Week, European Testing Week, and the upcoming Health Matters launch.
