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• New STI Diagnoses Decline in Region  Release date: 15 June 2011
  New figures released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that the number of new STI diagnoses has declined slightly in the region.
  Added/updated: 16 June 2011
  
• Tick Lyme disease of your holiday list  Release date: 20 April 2011
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the East of England is warning people to take extra care this spring and early summer when visiting grassy or woodland areas where ticks may be present. Ticks can carry Lyme disease which may be transmitted to humans through tick bites.
  Added/updated: 21 April 2011
  
• HPA East of England’s message for European Immunisation Week is: “Vaccines work. Use them to prevent disease and protect life”  Release date: 20 April 2011
  Help us eliminate measles and rubella (German measles) by 2015. That’s one message from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) East of England for European Immunisation Week that begins on Saturday 23 April.
  Added/updated: 4 May 2011
  
• How aware is your Valentine?  Release date: 10 February 2011
  Lovers across the region are being reminded of the importance of safe sex in the run up to Valentine’s Day, following a rise in cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across the region.
  Added/updated: 4 May 2011
  
• Andrew Lansley, MP visits HPA’s Cambridge Lab  Release date: 14 January 2011
  Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health, visited the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA) regional laboratory in his South Cambridgeshire constituency on Friday 14th January, to see how staff are responding to the increase in cases of seasonal influenza, which includes H1N1 (2009) 'swine' flu.
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• TB remains a concern in the East of England  Release date: 4 November 2010
  The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in the East of England in 2009 increased slightly according to a report released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• Hajj travellers in East reminded to take health advice  Release date: 19 October 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) wants to remind travellers from the East of England going to Makkah (Mecca) for the Hajj pilgrimage this year to seek health advice before making the journey.
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• Students in East urged to check their jabs  Release date: 1 October 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the East of England is encouraging students to check that they have been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and Group C meningococcal infection.
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• Cambridge HPA Scientist Wins Top Award  Release date: 22 September 2010
  Lynsey Emmett, Health Protection Agency (HPA) scientist based in the Regional Epidemiology Unit (REU) in Cambridge has been named as the Regional “Employee of the Year” for her work around the monitoring of sexually transmitted infections across the East of England.
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• New online health snapshot for East of England  Release date: 15 September 2010
  At-a-glance health protection information has been published online today allowing an overview of a range of important aspects of the health of local populations. The information can be found in the new Health Protection Profiles, which look at 19 health categories or “indicators”, comparing local areas in the region with the national average or with other parts of the country.
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• Young women in region most at risk from STIs  Release date: 25 August 2010
  New figures released by the Health Protection Agency show that 15 to 24 year olds, particularly young women, continue to be the group most affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the East of England.
  Added/updated: 14 January 2011
  
• World TB day: HPA releases new figures for East  Release date: 24 March 2010
  Provisional figures released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that cases of tuberculosis (TB) in this region have increased slightly by 5.5%, from 468 reported in 2008 to 496 in 2009.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• Valentine’s checklist: Chocolates, champagne and condoms  Release date: 14 February 2010
  Lovers across the region are being reminded of the importance of safer sex in the run up to Valentine’s Day, following a rise in cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across the region.
  Added/updated: 3 June 2010
  
• Advice for people with “winter vomiting”  Release date: 27 January 2010
  People with norovirus infection, often referred to as “winter vomiting,” should avoid visiting relatives in care homes and hospitals the Health Protection Agency East of England advised today.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010