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  • HPA helps solve radon problems in West Oxfordshire homes  Release date: 23 January 2012
    Hundreds of homes across West Oxfordshire have been found to have high levels of radioactive gas radon. Last summer, the Health Protection Agency invited about 9,000 householders across West Oxfordshire to apply for a free test for radon, a naturally occurring gas present in all homes.
    Added/updated: 20 January 2012
  • 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
  • Help for homes affected by radon  Release date: 19 July 2011
    Households in West Oxfordshire are being targeted in a Health Protection Agency campaign to reduce exposure to a cancer-causing radioactive gas.
    Added/updated: 19 July 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: 19 July 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 more than doubles in the last decade  Release date: 26 November 2010
    2009 HIV annual data in the South Central Strategic Health Authority
    Added/updated: 8 December 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
  • How to avoid food poisoning this summer  Release date: 7 June 2010
    People across Thames Valley 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
  • 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
  • Investigation at Fat Duck Restaurant - statement  Release date: 6 March 2009
    The Health Protection Agency is leading the investigation into an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting associated with the Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • Health advice regarding flood water in the Thames Valley  Release date: 24 July 2007
    Any risks to the public from infections arising from floods are very rare in the UK . Although flood water may be contaminated with sewage, animal and other waste, any harmful micro-organisms in the water are usually very diluted and so present a very low risk of infection.
    Added/updated: 5 October 2010
  • Chickenpox in Buckinghamshire  Release date: 5 May 2006
    The Health Protection Agency is leading the response to a cluster of chickenpox cases in Buckinghamshire after two children developed rare secondary bacterial infections in recent weeks as a complication of the common childhood illness.
    Added/updated: 5 October 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