Health blogs from the UK Health Security Agency
UKHSA Science Strategy: A vision for how science can secure health and prosperity
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...
One year on: 7 things we’ve learnt about mpox
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...
Taking a place-based approach to tackling hepatitis in prisons
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...
Protecting your children through vaccination
Vaccines save lives. They prevent around three million deaths worldwide every year and the World Health Organization states that after clean water, vaccination has the greatest impact on...
Using science to design out healthcare associated infections
This year’s British Science Week theme is “connections” and throughout the week we’re looking at how UKHSA science is carried out in partnership with a wide range of organisations. In this...
National Institute for Health and Care Health Protection Research Units: Where research meets real life
Throughout British Science Week we are exploring this year’s theme of ‘connections’ by showcasing some of the vital partnerships that underpin UKHSA’s work. In this blog we look at our...
Empowering young people with science information that can protect the nation’s health
This year’s British Science Week theme is “connections” and throughout the week we’re looking at how UKHSA science is carried out in partnership with a wide range of organisations. In this...
Science partnerships can secure health and prosperity
This year’s British Science Week theme is “connections” and throughout the week we’re highlighting how UKHSA science is carried out in partnership with a wide range of organisations. In...
Climate and health security: Looking ahead to 2023
The start of each year is a time where we recall the previous year and anticipate the year ahead, and there’s much to reflect on. For climate scientists, there’s no doubt that 2022 was...
The triple burden of flu, RSV and COVID-19
In November 2022 the SARS-CoV2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation study, or SIREN for short, expanded to study flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The COVID-19 pandemic provided a...
Making progress on the global mission to develop pandemic-fighting tools within 100 days
COVID-19 reinforced to the world that the early days of a pandemic are crucial. It also demonstrated the art of the possible when governments, industry and academic work at pace to...
Changes to the way we report on COVID-19 deaths
We are changing the way we present COVID-19 death statistics on the GOV.UK COVID-19 Dashboard. “Deaths with COVID-19 on the death registration” will replace “deaths within 28 days of a...