May 22, 2023
Dr Shreya Singhal is currently practicing as a junior doctor and Academic Foundation Trainee working in West London, as well as being a keen backpacker. She has worked in Infectious Diseases and General Practice and has shared her top tips for people looking to...
May 18, 2023
Many people who have hepatitis are unaware they have the infection, because the viruses can be symptomless. This means they aren’t getting the treatments they need and are possibly passing the virus on to others without knowing. The majority of cases of hepatitis B...
May 17, 2023
UKHSA has published its first Science Strategy discussing how science will protect health and contribute to the nation’s prosperity over the coming years. But what do you know about the science that goes on at UKHSA? There’s often much more than meets the eye. Our...
May 16, 2023
The importance of health protection science to society has never been more apparent. It’s a tough job to protect health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards in an era of increasing risk of pandemics and other serious threats to health, but science is a...
May 14, 2023
Last year, UKHSA was the first in the world to detect the 2022 mpox outbreak acting immediately to alert global health partners, control further transmission and secure vaccines for those at highest risk in the UK. A year on, case numbers have fallen dramatically,...
May 11, 2023
Prisons are complex settings in which to deliver healthcare, and people in prisons and under probation service supervision have higher levels of health and social care needs than others in the community. This is due to multiple overlapping factors such as adverse...
