The Latest Breaking News from The UK Health Security Agency

Ice warnings extended for majority of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and large parts of east of England as temperatures set to drop as low as -20C overnight

Closed roads, multi-vehicle collisions and train problems reported as Met Office warnings remain in place

Pensioners already worrying about heating, says charity, as temperatures set to plummet to zero or below across UK

An imminent cold snap could put the elderly at risk of death, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned as a charity criticised the…

Cases rose by 11 per cent in 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency

The UK Health Security Agency stressed there is no evidence at this stage to suggest the A(H5N1) virus will start spreading among humans.

Emergence of a new strain of bird flu is ‘at the top of the list’ for pandemic threats says Sir Andrew Pollard

There were just three cases of meningococcal group C – the infection which can lead to meningitis C – last year, the UK Health Security Agency said.

Concerns have been raised that some new infections could pose a threat in the UK due to climate change.

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa

All four patients belong to the same household, the UK Health Security Agency said