Health surveillance

The UK Health Security Agency has urged students to make sure they have been fully vaccinated against meningitis and other diseases.

The NHS has launched a drive to break down misunderstandings around breast cancer, in particular the idea that it is...

A number of different gut conditions could be an early warning sign for Parkinson’s disease, research has suggested.
People with...

There is 'a silent and growing crisis' of women’s health at work, the British Occupational Hygiene Society has warned

Living in poverty with a lung condition doubles the risk of an emergency hospital admission, an analysis by the charity...

Got employees spread across different countries? You’ll probably want to match their health and wellbeing benefits, right? Not necessarily, argues...

Occupational health practitioners in London need to be on the alert for potential signs of measles among young workers, especially...

The NHS is to roll out targeted community and mobile lung screening to anyone aged over 55 who has a...

The NHS’ network of ‘community diagnostic centres’ (CDCs) has now carried out some four million health checks, tests and scans...

Kidney disease risks becoming “a public health emergency” that could overwhelm the NHS within a decade, a charity has warned....

As many as 7,000 people in England with diabetes are dying unnecessarily each year because of post-pandemic backlogs, delays, and...

New glucose-monitoring diabetes devices are creating “life-changing benefits”, but aren’t a silver bullet and should not replace screening, the charity...

Working with chemical agents increases a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer with every year of exposure, research has suggested.

The UK needs a national plan to remove asbestos from all public and commercial buildings, the TUC has said.

People of African Caribbean ethnicity and with type 1 diabetes are at greater risk of losing their sight and therefore...