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Legislation has been laid in Parliament to ban xylazine and 21 other dangerous drugs.
As the new school year looms, the MHRA sets out key advice on children's medicines and medical devices.
More than 130,000 people across the country will be better protected from diseases such as heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes.
The measles vaccination is part of the NHS Routine Childhood Immunisation Programme – with 1 dose offered at 1 year and a second dose at 3 years 4 months.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 22 August 2024, approved a product licence for the medicine lecanemab (Leqembi) for use in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, following a thorou…
Temporary ban on prescription and supply of puberty blockers extended.
The UK Health Security Agency is encouraging students to make the healthiest start to their studies possible.
The UK Health Security Agency responds to the World Health Organisation declaring an mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
Between June 2022 and May 2024, 15 ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhoea cases were detected in England
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting responds to the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) report outlining failings in Valdo Calocane's care.
Study shows new RSV vaccine for pregnant women could prevent 5,000 hospitalisations and 15,000 emergency department attendances for infants.
UKHSA urges pregnant women to get vaccinated to protect their newborn babies as whooping cough cases rise to over 10,000
JCVI advises government on the COVID-19 vaccination programme for autumn 2024
Minister Andrew Gwynne has accepted advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
A national respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine programme protecting infants and elderly people will save lives in the UK.
Antimicrobial resistance to Group B Streptococcus (GBS) antibiotics is growing. This puts newborns at risk. VDEC is supporting a new vaccine to cut antibiotic use
New data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows cases of whooping cough continue to increase with 2,591 cases confirmed in May.
The Secretary of State, Wes Streeting, has announced that the Department of Health and Social Care will expand its focus to boost economic growth.
UKHSA is working with partners to investigate a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak.
A man who had unlicensed medicines sent to his parents’ address, has been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a term of imprisonment, having earlier been found guilty of criminal activity in May. The sentencing follows an …
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