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Ministers have launched a crackdown on vapes marketed at kids with a shift to plain white packaging.
Professor Chris Whitty writes for The i paper on the update to the UK CMOs' physical activity guidelines.
Information on the Meningococcal B (MenB) time limited vaccination offer.
10 July 2026 Dear colleagues, Urgent, time-limited Meningococcal B (MenB)…
This annexe sets out clinical guidance and wider advice supporting…
Approaches to delivery of vaccination vary across the 4 nations within the…
Updated UK Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines find even small amounts of physical activity benefit health.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the use of UK‑donor plasma for five high‑priority plasma-derived medicinal products.
Amber heat-health alerts are now in place across all regions of England except the North East, which remains under a yellow alert.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State writes to the chair of the Food Standards Agency to confirm agreed economic growth goals.
National framework launched to help reduce premature deaths from heart disease and strokes by a quarter over the next decade.
The Food Standards Agency has published the results of its sixth annual retail surveillance survey.
Information on the expansion of the eligibility criteria of the older adults respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme from 1 September 2026.
Antibiotic use within the NHS is below 2019 pre-pandemic levels but private prescribing increases.
A dozen cutting-edge projects will benefit thousands of patients battling obesity across the UK.
There has been good early uptake of chickenpox-containing MMRV, but a measles coverage gap persists across England.
Latest information on cases including British nationals.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is deploying public health specialists from the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and across the region.
Two-dose MenB vaccine to be offered to young people ahead of the autumn as part of a one-off vaccination programme in England.
Measles activity increased earlier this year, mainly due to outbreaks in London and the West Midlands.
The government will offer flu vaccination to those experiencing homelessness, beginning in autumn.
UKHSA publishes its first Health Security Risk Assessment (HSRA), which characterises the most significant health security risks facing the UK over the next 5 years.
Government invests in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to modernise the NHS and reduce waiting times.
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