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  • HPA plea: please keep hospitals and care homes free from ‘winter vomiting’  Release date: 14 December 2011
    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) South East today issued advice on how to avoid norovirus and prevent the infection spreading as we approach the ‘winter vomiting’ season.
    Added/updated: 14 December 2011
  • Measles continue to increase across the South East  Release date: 11 April 2011
    The Health Protection Agency in the South East is urging parents to protect their children with two doses of MMR vaccine as measles cases continue to increase across the country.
    Added/updated: 14 December 2011
  • New cases of HIV in gay men almost double in ten years  Release date: 23 March 2011
    New diagnoses of HIV in men who have sex with men have almost doubled (77%) over the past 10 years rising from 149 in 2001 to 264 in 2010, according to new figures released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Men who have sex with men remain the group most at risk of becoming infected with HIV in the UK.
    Added/updated: 22 March 2011
  • HPA warns of increasing norovirus activity  Release date: 14 December 2010
    Added/updated: 14 December 2010
  • New cases of HIV continue to increase over the last decade  Release date: 26 November 2010
    2009 HIV annual data for South East Coast Strategic Health Authority
    Added/updated: 8 December 2010
  • New cases of TB reach highest level for 30 years as drug resistant TB doubles in the last decade  Release date: 4 November 2010
    New cases of TB reach highest level for 30 years as drug resistant TB doubles in the last decade
    Added/updated: 4 November 2010
  • Anthrax in an injecting drug user in Kent - update  Release date: 3 November 2010
    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) can confirm that the patient being treated for anthrax infection in a Kent hospital died this afternoon.
    Added/updated: 3 November 2010
  • Anthrax confirmed in an injecting drug user in Kent  Release date: 3 November 2010
    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) can confirm that it is investigating a case of anthrax infection in a drug injecting heroin user, who is critically ill in Kent.
    Added/updated: 3 November 2010
  • Migrant health report published  Release date: 14 October 2010
    The Health Protection Agency is urging universities and FE colleges across the South East to make Freshers’ Week a time to encourage students to check that they have been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and Group C meningococcal infection.
    Added/updated: 14 October 2010
  • ‘Freshers’ urged to check on their immunisations  Release date: 27 September 2010
    The Health Protection Agency is urging universities and FE colleges across the South East to make Freshers’ Week a time to encourage students to check that they have been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and Group C meningococcal infection.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • New online snapshot of health published  Release date: 15 September 2010
    At-a-glance health information has been published online today, showing the pattern of vaccine uptake, key infections and other health hazards in the South East.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections increase in the South East  Release date: 24 August 2010
    New figures released today by the Health Protection Agency show that 15 to 24 year olds continue to be the group most affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the South East.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • E.coli O157 outbreak in Kent and Sussex  Release date: 17 June 2010
    The Health Protection Agency can confirm that it is investigating a small cluster of cases of E Coli O157 in Kent and Sussex.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • How to avoid food poisoning this summer  Release date: 7 June 2010
    People across the Kent are being reminded to take care when preparing and cooking food this summer in a bid to avoid the seasonal rise in cases of food poisoning.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • Salmonella outbreak in Kent  Release date: 11 February 2010
    The Health Protection Agency’s Kent Health Protection Unit (HPU) is working with Environmental Health officers in Dover and Canterbury to investigate two clusters of cases of an unusual strain of salmonella.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • Advice on controlling norovirus infection  Release date: 18 January 2010
    Outbreaks of the norovirus infection which causes vomiting and diarrhoea have been reported across the UK, including the South East, affecting businesses, hospitals and schools.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • Listeria - sandwich alert in London and the South East  Release date: 16 March 2007
    The Food Standards Agency and Health Protection Agency are alerting consumers about sandwiches that may have been contaminated with listeria and supplied to establishments in London and the South East of England by Kent-based Anchor Catering.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010