The Latest Breaking News from UKHSA

Food Standards Agency issue urgent warning over semi-soft Baronet cheeses after listeria outbreak death

The UK Health Security Agency has identified at least three listeria cases potentially linked to the recent outbreak - confirming that one person has died from the bacteria

Chronicle Live · Mar 25, 2023

Public urged not to eat semi-soft Baronet cheeses after listeria outbreak death

The UKHSA has identified three cases potentially linked to a listeria outbreak and said one person has died.

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2023

Public warned not to eat brand of semi-soft cheeses after listeria outbreak death

UKHSA has identified three listeria cases potentially linked to an outbreak

Wales Online · Mar 25, 2023

Polio vaccine catch-up campaign for primary school children in London

Health officials say vaccine rates in some London boroughs is still too low.

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023

Girl, 5, dies of Strep A infection at school as parents urged to look out for symptoms

UKHSA says scarlet fever and Strep A cases ‘remain a concern’

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Vaccine makers preparing human bird flu shot ‘just in case’ of pandemic

Current risk of transmission from birds to humans remains low, but vaccine producers are ready to prepare a new shot “within months”

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Britain not prepared for bird flu pandemic, warns top professor

Scientist warns diagnostic testing capacity is not advanced enough to cope with virus if it jumps to humans

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023

People urged to take gonorrhoea tests and use condoms as cases soar

Cases have risen by 21 per cent since before the pandemic broke out

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2023

Symptoms to watch for and action to take after huge outbreak of gonorrhoea

Young people aged 15 to 24 years remain most likely to be diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections

Wales Online · Mar 17, 2023

Young people urged to get tested as gonorrhoea cases surge across the UK

There were around two million diagnostic tests for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and HIV in 2021

Liverpool Echo · Mar 16, 2023