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Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid urges eligible people to get their booster vaccines to top up their immunity over winter.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
From Monday 8 November 2021, the National Booking System will allow someone to pre-book their COVID-19 booster appointment a month before they are eligible
A new campaign has launched demonstrating the importance of simple ventilation techniques to reduce the risks of catching COVID-19 this winter.
Clinical guidance has been updated to allow COVID-19 boosters to be given earlier to those at highest risk where this makes operational sense.
More than 2 million boosters have been administered in the last week alone as the Health Secretary urges people to get their booster as soon as possible.
New data published today by UKHSA shows reported cases of TB fell in England in 2020, reducing rates from 8.4 per 100,000 in 2019 to 7.3 per 100,000.
In line with step 4 of the roadmap the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has laid a statutory instrument that will remove certain powers from the Coronavirus Act 2020, subject to Parliamentary approval.
National advertising campaign steps up today to encourage people to protect themselves and loved ones from COVID and flu this winter.
New campaign encourages those eligible to get free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster vaccine ahead of winter.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the nation’s new public health body focused on health protection and security, has today become fully operational.
National influenza and COVID-19 report, monitoring coronavirus (COVID-19) activity, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.
Latest updates on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in UK.
Guidance on rotavirus vaccination at 8 weeks old, in relation to the introduction of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency.
G20 health ministers have agreed to collaborate on bolstering health security, increasing vaccine confidence and tackling antimicrobial resistance.
The government welcomes new members to the voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
This letter provides information on the introduction of the Shingrix® vaccine for immunocompromised individuals from 1 September 2021.
This letter provides information on the introduction of the Gardasil® 9 vaccine during the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
This letter provides information on the forthcoming changes to the NHS neonatal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunisation programme
Respiratory infections in young children have begun to rise out of season, following low infection levels in response to COVID-19 restrictions and good infection control measures that have been in place.
Public Health England has today issued a heat-health alert as the Met Office forecasts high temperatures for the coming days.
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