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Whooping cough: One mother's story of love, loss and action

Credit: Catherine Hughes Cases of whooping cough have been rising across England, increasing from 556 cases in January, 918 in February to 1,319 cases confirmed in March – bringing the total number of cases in 2024 to 2,793. Sadly, between January – March 2024,...

What is UKHSA doing about antibiotic resistance?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when medicines used to fight infections lose their effectiveness because the organisms they target – whether bacteria, fungi, viruses or parasites – have evolved or acquired adaptations to survive. In 2019, AMR was directly...