The Latest Breaking News from Kevin Fenton

Expert warns London must 'strengthen' efforts to hit zero-HIV target

Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has set the capital a target of ending new infections of the virus by 2030

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

Structural racism leading to stark health inequalities in London, report shows

Exclusive: Review finds poverty and daily racism result in poor mental and physical health for some ethnic groups

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

'The real Manchester? The side that's not been swamped by bars'

We speak to Kevin Fenton, who owns a bar on Chapel Street, for I Work in Town

Manchester Evening News · Jul 1, 2023

JVT hails colleagues as he is knighted for helping steer nation through pandemic

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam gained public affection for delivering health messages with a dose of humour and colourful analogies.

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022

Public health doctor urges those with monkeypox symptoms to avoid London Pride

Professor Kevin Fenton has urged people with monkeypox symptoms to stay home and not attend Pride events this weekend.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

Pride: Stay at home if you have monkeypox symptoms, says London doctor

Professor Kevin Fenton, London’s top public-health doctor, said anyone with swollen glands and blisters should stay at home

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2022

Make sure children have polio vaccine to prevent outbreak, urge scientists

London’s public health chief has warned residents not to underestimate the danger of infectious diseases as the search continued for the source of a polio virus outbreak in the capital.

Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2022

The Standard View: Time for vigilance, not panic on Monkeypox

A rising number of cases, advice to self-isolate — it is all starting to sound eerily familiar. But monkeypox, though potentially dangerous and unsightly, is not yet Covid-19 in March 2020.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2022

Monkeypox infections rising in London as contacts told to isolate for 21 days

The public is being warned to be aware of an unusual rash or lesion

Evening Standard · May 23, 2022

Monkeypox: UKHSA urges ‘everybody’ to be on alert for two key symptoms after outbreak

The monkeypox virus is now suspected or confirmed to have spread to at least three European capitals, including London, Lisbon and Madrid - with a total of nine reported in England so far

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022