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• Whooping cough cases increase in the North East  Release date: 9 January 2012
  Experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the North East are advising parents to make sure their children are protected against whooping cough as cases have more than doubled across the UK.
  Added/updated: 19 January 2012
  
• HPA advice on dealing with winter vomiting illness  Release date: 19 December 2011
  As this is the time of year that reports of winter vomiting illness start to increase, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is urging people with vomiting or diarrhoea to stay away from work or school until they have been free of symptoms for 48 hours to help to limit the spread of the illness.
  Added/updated: 18 January 2012
  
• New North East HIV diagnoses hit highest level since 2005  Release date: 29 November 2011
  The number of people diagnosed with HIV in the North East in 2010 was the highest since 2005, according to Health Protection Agency figures published today (Tuesday) ahead of World Aids Day on 1 December.
  Added/updated: 18 January 2012
  
• HPA concludes hospital nursery E. coli O157 investigation  Release date: 10 November 2011
  Experts in the Health Protection Agency have concluded their investigation into the cases of diarrhoeal illness associated with the nursery at the James Cook University Hospital
  Added/updated: 10 November 2011
  
• Immunisation advice for new students  Release date: 19 September 2011
  As students return for the start of the academic year, experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the North East are urging teenagers and young adults to protect themselves against vaccine preventable infections, such as mumps, measles and meningitis.
  Added/updated: 23 September 2011
  
• Latest hepatitis C figures published  Release date: 28 July 2011
  Over 250 new cases of hepatitis C infection were diagnosed in the North East in 2010 according to figures published in ‘Hepatitis C in the UK’, a report produced by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to coincide with World Hepatitis Day on 28 July.
  Added/updated: 2 August 2011
  
• Over 21,000 new cases of STIs in the North East during 2010  Release date: 15 June 2011
  More than 21,000 people attending Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) clinics in the North East last year were diagnosed with a new sexually transmitted infection (STI) according to figures published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) today (Wednesday 15 June).
  Added/updated: 15 June 2011
  
• HPA stresses the importance of MMR  Release date: 4 May 2011
  As we approach the time of year when many children and young adults are travelling on educational trips and family holidays, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the North East is urging parents to protect their children against measles by ensuring they have been immunised with two doses of MMR. This is particularly important given the increase in cases among the under 25s.
  Added/updated: 9 May 2011
  
• HPA advice on dealing with winter vomiting illness  Release date: 9 December 2010
  As reports of winter vomiting illness have started to increase, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is urging people with vomiting or diarrhoea to stay away from work or school until they have been free of symptoms for 48 hours to help to limit the spread of the illness.
  Added/updated: 15 December 2010
  
• HIV increase in the North East  Release date: 26 November 2010
  As we approach Worlds Aids Day (Wednesday 1 December), the number of people living in the North East and receiving treatment for HIV continues to rise. This increase has prompted experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the NHS in the North East to encourage those most at risk to get tested and highlights the need for more easily available testing.
  Added/updated: 2 December 2010
  
• North East urged to get Pneumo Jab  Release date: 12 November 2010
  On World Pneumonia Day (12 November 2010), experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the NHS in the North East are encouraging people most at risk of pneumonia to protect themselves by getting the pneumococcal vaccine.
  Added/updated: 11 November 2010
  
• Decrease in TB cases continues in the North East  Release date: 4 November 2010
  The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in the North East continues to fall according to a report published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) today.
  Added/updated: 4 November 2010
  
• Bean sprout link with Salmonella  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 eight in the North East.
  Added/updated: 4 November 2010
  
• Immunisation advice for ‘freshers’  Release date: 29 September 2010
  As students return for the start of the academic year, experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the North East are urging teenagers and young adults to protect themselves against vaccine preventable infections, such as mumps, measles and meningitis.
  Added/updated: 29 September 2010
  
• New online health snapshot for North East  Release date: 15 September 2010
  At-a-glance health information has been published online today, showing that the North East is among the best in the country for a number of key health topics especially for vaccine uptake.
  Added/updated: 28 December 2011
  
• Young women most at risk from sexually transmitted infections  Release date: 25 August 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced that 15 - 24 year olds, particularly young women continue to be the most affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the North East.
  Added/updated: 25 August 2010
  
• HPA advice on typhoid for travellers  Release date: 12 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: 12 August 2010
  
• New course will tackle healthcare associated infections  Release date: 7 July 2010
  Experts from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have designed an innovative course in partnership with Newcastle University, to help to reduce healthcare associated infections in the North East.
  Added/updated: 8 July 2010
  
• HPA advises simple steps can avoid food poisoning  Release date: 3 June 2010
  To mark the start of Food Safety Week (7 – 13 June) the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is reminding people in the North East about the importance of good food hygiene at home.
  Added/updated: 4 June 2010
  
• Increase in Hepatitis C figures reported in the North East  Release date: 18 May 2010
  The number of cases of hepatitis C infection have increased in the North East in 2009 according to figures published by the Health Protection Agency to mark World Hepatitis Day (19 May 2010).
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• Leaflet Drop to reassure local residents  Release date: 29 April 2010
  County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service are continuing to deal with an incident which started on Wednesday 21st April at Envirotyres on Littleburn Industrial Estate near Langley Moor, Durham.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• North East TB cases continue to decrease  Release date: 24 March 2010
  The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) reported in the North East fell slightly in 2009 according to provisional figures published by the Health Protection Agency to mark World TB Day (24 March 2010).
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010
  
• HPA helps children fight back against bugs  Release date: 20 January 2010
  This month every school in the North East will be armed with the innovative teaching pack ‘e-Bug’ to help students fight back against infections such as swine flu and Norovirus.
  Added/updated: 1 June 2010