BRITAIN is facing an “unrelenting rise” in vaccine-preventable infections, putting immense strain on the NHS, a new report ...

As the NHS urges those eligible to take up the offer of a spring COVID booster vaccine, we look at how the virus is impacting ...

Richard Peabody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency, has warned that bird flu has ...

New UKHSA study shows the RSV vaccination programme already achieving a 30% reduction in hospital admissions in older people in England as roll-out ...

It comes as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published its first annual report detailing the infectious diseases ...

Five years ago the country's first national lockdown began. Now, as Ebola, Mpox and bird flu are deemed 'high risk', experts ...

Four out of seven flu vaccine brands approved for NHS use contain thiomersal, a mercury-containing agent at the centre of safety concerns over its effect on brain function, particularly in children.

There has been an 11% increase in cases meaning the UK may no longer be classed as 'low level' risk by the WHO ...

"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 ..

A universal flu vaccine could help avoid the variability in effectiveness seen with current seasonal jabs, which is generally around 60%, but can fall to as low as 10% if health authorities and ...