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Should we be worried about the current COVID-19 variants? 

Posted by: Blog Editor, Posted on: 25 September 2025 - Categories: Coronavirus (COVID-19), UKHSA science
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Rates of COVID-19 continue to fluctuate throughout the year, and people have asked how the most common current lineages - or groups of genetically similar viruses - compare to previous COVID-19 variants.

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Why does global health matter to an English public health body?

Posted by: Brian McCloskey, Posted on: 10 February 2014 - Categories: Global health
Copyright Marie Anne Chattaway 2012

“Global Health Security” sounds like a very grand and important subject, but what does it mean for PHE (and the UK) and what do we actually do? Global Health Security...

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