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UKHSA Highlights Disparities in Flu and COVID-19 Hospital Admissions

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a strong call to action, urging eligible individuals, especially those from ethnic minority groups, to book their flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

International Business Times UK

The UK has detected its first human case of a new type of swine flu. What you need to know

Symptoms of influenza A(H1N2)v were mild in the individual, who has fully recovered, health authorities said. But how they contracted the virus remains unknown.

Fortune

Met Office and government launch new heatwave alert system to warn people 'when lives are in danger'

The system, by the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office, launches today

Manchester Evening News

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Potentially deadly tick-borne virus 'likely' to be in UK after first case detected

The UK Health Security Agency said that the risk to the public from tick-borne encephalitis is 'very low' but has urged people to carry out checks after going outside

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Met Office issues new ice warnings as cold snap sees temperatures plummet to -12C

Meanwhile the UK Health Security Agency cold weather alerts remains in place until Thursday, with Brits being urged to keep their homes heated to 18C

Daily Mirror

Cold weather alert issued for next week as temperatures to plunge

UK Health Security Agency warn fall in temperatures could have ‘serious impact’ on health

Evening Standard

Grieving relatives plan legal action against government over Covid care home deaths

The government and potential co-defendants have been alerted to the pending legal action

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Radon map shows parts of UK with highest exposure risks

The UK Health Security Agency recommends that home owners, landlords and business owners test levels of radon if they fall in an affected area

Wales Online

Strep A – live: Ninth child dies as Belfast school confirms ‘tragic loss’ of pupil

Pupil was in a P2 class, where children are usually aged between five and six

The Independent UK

Parents of boy, 4, who died of Strep A warn others of infection that killed him in days

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali died of the bug while in an ambulance on route to hospital in High Wycombe

The Independent UK

School's touching tribute to 'constantly smiling' boy, 4, who died of Strep A

Health officials are investigating after the deaths of six young children and a rise in cases

Manchester Evening News

School's heartbreaking tribute to 'constantly smiling' boy who died of Strep A at just 4

The four-year-old’s headteacher at Oakridge School, Buckinghamshire, said Ibrahim was a friendly boy who loved being outdoors and the school has created a crowdfunding page for his memorial

Daily Mirror

Second monkeypox strain linked with travel to West Africa identified in UK

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said the patient is being treated in hospital and the risk to the general public remains ‘very low’

The Independent UK

London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found

British health authorities say they will offer a polio booster dose to London children age 1 to 9 after finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple regions of the city

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UK: 'Early signs' that monkeypox outbreak may be peaking

British health authorities say the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic’s growth rate has slowed

Evening Standard

Monkeypox: Britain buys another 100,000 doses of vaccine

Britain has bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130.

Evening Standard

Monkeypox: Eleven new cases detected in the UK as disease continues to spread

Eleven new cases of monkeypox have been detected in the UK, the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Thursday.

Reuters

Health agency confirms community spread of monkeypox in England

Monkeypox appears to be spreading from person to person in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Wednesday.

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Reuters

Child hepatitis cases rise in UK amid worldwide outbreak

The UK Health Security Agency has identified 34 confirmed hepatitis cases in children since Monday, bringing the total number to 145 amid a series of unexplained cases among children around the world.

Wales Online

Hepatitis rising among children and it could be down to Covid pandemic

There has been a sharp increase in severe hepatitis cases among children under ten in the UK over recent months. The UK Health Security Agency has been informed of 74 cases since January 2022, with 49 of these in England, 13 in Scotland and the remai

Nottingham Post

Kinder Surprise salmonella recall extended to more products

The UK Health Security Agency said on Wednesday that 63 people in the UK, mostly young children, are known to have infected

Daily Record

First person in UK dies of rare virus Lassa Fever with two other cases confirmed

The UK Health Security Agency announced the third case today, sadly confirming it had proved fatal, with Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Trust stating that the patient was in their care.

Liverpool Echo

Parents urged to get kids vaccinated against deadly diseases as travel resumes

The UK Health Security Agency said covid has led to a big drop in the number of children being vaccinated against other diseases

The Independent UK

Omicron sub-variant BA.2 ‘under investigation’ by UK health officials

Further analysis to be carried out into BA.2, says UK Health Security Agency

The Independent UK

Omicron sub-variant BA.2 ‘under investigation’ by UK health officials

Further analysis to be carried out into BA.2, says UK Health Security Agency

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