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• Over 3,500 TB cases reported in London in 2011  Release date: 27 March 2012
  Tuberculosis (TB) has increased by eight per cent in London, according to provisional figures for 2011 released today by the Health Protection Agency.
  Added/updated: 26 March 2012
  
• HIV testing increases in London but 8,400 are still unaware they are infected  Release date: 29 November 2011
  HIV testing has increased significantly over a four year period in London but more than one in five (8,400/38,300) Londoners infected with HIV are unaware they have it, according to data released today (Tuesday 29 November) by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
  Added/updated: 29 November 2011
  
• London STI diagnoses 50% higher than any other region in England  Release date: 15 June 2011
  New figures released today (15 June 2011) by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that London continues to have the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England.
  Added/updated: 15 June 2011
  
• Measles cases increase in London  Release date: 27 May 2011
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is urging parents to protect their children against measles as cases increase across London.
  Added/updated: 2 June 2011
  
• HIV prevalence greatest in London boroughs but quality of care is high  Release date: 26 November 2010
  HIV prevalence remains highest in London boroughs according to a report released today (Friday 26 November 2010) by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
  Added/updated: 15 June 2011
  
• Drug resistant TB cases increase in London  Release date: 4 November 2010
  Cases of drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) are increasing in London, data published today (4 November 2010) in the Health Protection Agency’s annual TB report reveal.
  Added/updated: 5 November 2010
  
• Bean sprout linked with Salmonella Bareilly cases  Release date: 7 October 2010
  Microbiologists at the Health Protection Agency’s Centre for Infections (CFI) in Colindale have confirmed the link between contaminated bean sprouts and 151 cases of Salmonella Bareilly in the UK, with 18 in London.
  Added/updated: 5 January 2011
  
• Avoid ‘fresher’ infections with immunisations  Release date: 6 October 2010
  As students return to London universities and further education colleges for the start of the academic year, experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are urging unders-25s to ensure they are vaccinated against mumps, measles and meningitis C to prevent cases occurring on campus.
  Added/updated: 6 October 2010
  
• New online snapshot of health in London published  Release date: 16 September 2010
  At-a-glance health information for England has been published online by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), showing that London boroughs have a high burden of disease and some of the lowest immunisation uptake rates in the country.
  Added/updated: 23 September 2010
  
• HPA advice on typhoid for travellers  Release date: 26 August 2010
  Experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) have produced a leaflet urging travellers to the Indian subcontinent to make sure they are vaccinated against typhoid.
  Added/updated: 26 August 2010
  
• New figures show London boroughs disproportionately affected by poor sexual health  Release date: 25 August 2010
  New figures released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that London boroughs have the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England.
  Added/updated: 25 August 2010
  
• “Simple steps” can avoid food poisoning over summer  Release date: 4 June 2010
  In a bid to avoid the seasonal rise in cases of food poisoning, Londoner’s are being reminded to take care when preparing and cooking food this summer, particularly when bringing out the barbecue.
  Added/updated: 9 June 2010
  
• Measles outbreak in Sutton and Merton  Release date: 17 May 2010
  The Health Protection Agency and NHS Sutton and Merton are encouraging parents to protect their children against measles by having the MMR vaccine, after a number of cases have occurred in the area recently.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• Health alert for west London due to the oak processionary moth  Release date: 12 May 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is alerting people to the health effects caused by the caterpillar of the oak processionary moth which has toxin-containing hairs that can cause skin rashes and itchy eyes.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• Tuberculosis cases increase in London  Release date: 24 March 2010
  Provisional figures published today for World TB day by the Health Protection Agency show that cases of tuberculosis continue to increase in the United Kingdom and in London. The capital bears the greatest burden, with 38% of all cases.
  Added/updated: 16 June 2010
  
• London: Second anthrax case confirmed in London  Release date: 1 March 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS London can confirm that an injecting heroin user has tested positive for anthrax and is being treated in a London hospital.
  Added/updated: 2 June 2010
  
• E. coli O157 at Feltham Hill Nursery and Infant School  Release date: 3 February 2010
  The Health Protection Agency has advised Feltham Hill Nursery and Infant School in Hounslow to close. This follows an investigation of two children who have been confirmed with E. coli O157 infection.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• Norovirus outbreaks surge in London  Release date: 13 January 2010
  A surge in diarrhoea and vomiting outbreaks in London, suspected to be caused mostly by norovirus (the “winter vomiting bug”), have been reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the first two weeks of January 2010.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010