• Forgotten STIs still affect adults  Release date: 21 November 2011
  Young people are often the focus of advice on looking after their sexual health but the over 25s are being reminded not to put themselves at risk as figures from the Health Protection Agency show that in the South West one third of new diagnoses of gonorrhoea, genital herpes or genital warts are in adults aged 25-40.
  Added/updated: 21 November 2011
  
• Free tests for homes with private drinking water supplies  Release date: 1 March 2011
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA), Cornwall Council and the British Geological Survey (BGS)have teamed up to study the quality of drinking water from approximately 250 homes that have private water supplies.
  Added/updated: 16 June 2011
  
• HPA gives schools a head start this winter  Release date: 9 December 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA), Cornwall Council and NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have teamed up to send out a bumper pack of health advice to schools in Cornwall to help children stay well this winter.
  Added/updated: 22 December 2010
  
• HIV is a priority in the South West  Release date: 26 November 2010
  The importance of preventing HIV and identifying it early continues to be a priority for the NHS as countries across the globe mark World Aids Day on December 1.
  Added/updated: 29 November 2010
  
• Reduce carbon monoxide poisoning  Release date: 15 November 2010
  To mark the start of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, the Health Protection Agency is today advising people to have their fossil fuel and wood burning appliances - such as boilers, heaters and cookers - checked by an appropriately registered engineer before the winter sets in.
  Added/updated: 16 November 2010
  
• Be alert for meningitis this winter  Release date: 15 November 2010
  Health Protection Agency South West urges people to be aware of signs and symptoms.
  Added/updated: 15 November 2010
  
• Immunisation recommendations for students  Release date: 9 November 2010
  The Health Protection Agency is asking GPs, universities and Further Education (FE) colleges in the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire area to encourage students to check that they have previously been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and Group C meningococcal infection.
  Added/updated: 12 November 2010
  
• Wild mushroom warning to autumn foragers  Release date: 24 September 2010
  A WILD mushroom safety message has been issued by the Health Protection Agency’s poisons experts
  Added/updated: 1 October 2010
  
• New online snapshot of health  Release date: 15 September 2010
  At-a-glance health information has been published online today, showing that the Devon and Cornwall area has low levels of many health infections.
  Added/updated: 1 October 2010
  
• New online snapshot of health  Release date: 15 September 2010
  At-a-glance health information has been published online today, showing levels of key infections and vaccine uptake for the Bournemouth and Poole and Dorset areas.
  Added/updated: 1 October 2010
  
• New online snapshot of health  Release date: 15 September 2010
  At-a-glance health information has been published online today, showing that the West Country has low levels of many infections and good uptake of vaccinations.
  Added/updated: 1 October 2010
  
• South West works to improve sexual health  Release date: 25 August 2010
  New data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) shows the South West has lower than national average rates for sexually transmitted infections including: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes and genital warts but rates across the country are continuing to rise.
  Added/updated: 15 November 2010
  
• HPA's H1N1 centres award  Release date: 15 July 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been awarded the Cabinet Office Innovation in Resilience Award at this year’s Emergency Planning Society Awards.
  Added/updated: 15 July 2010
  
• New advice on Radon  Release date: 8 July 2010
  A new initiative to reduce concentrations of radon in UK homes has been launched by the Health Protection Agency.
  Added/updated: 14 July 2010
  
• Legionnaires' disease  Release date: 14 June 2010
  A preliminary HPA study, published in the European Journal of Epidemiology, has found an association between not using screen wash in wiper fluid and the risk of contracting Legionnaires' disease.
  Added/updated: 23 June 2010
  
• Avoid Food Posioning this summer  Release date: 8 June 2010
  Up to one million cases of food-borne illness are reported each year in the UK. Approximately 20,000 people are hospitalised and 500 die from these diseases.
  Added/updated: 23 June 2010
  
• Mumps Campaign in Cornwall  Release date: 7 June 2010
  The Health Protection Agency and NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly are jointly launching a mumps awareness campaign with schools, colleges and local GPs after a sharp rise in the number of mumps cases in the county.
  Added/updated: 23 June 2010
  
• Please be tick aware  Release date: 25 May 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the South West 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: 26 May 2010
  
• Cases of TB in South West Continue to Rise - new figures for 2009 released  Release date: 24 March 2010
  The latest TB figures released by the HPA show that cases in the South West have risen by a quarter. Figures show a 25.7% increase from 2008-2009, from 268 reported in 2008 and 337 reported in 2009.
  Added/updated: 6 May 2010
  
• Chlamydia fortnight  Release date: 14 February 2010
  ‘Chlamydia fortnight’ begins on Valentine’s day - A south west initiative to encourage young people to “say yes to the test”. This Valentine’s Day, the South West’s National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) will launch “Chlamydia fortnight” to encourage young people to talk about Chlamydia and say yes to the test.
  Added/updated: 11 March 2010
  
• e-Bug  Release date: 20 January 2010
  HPA helps children fight back against bugs - This month every school in the south west 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: 11 March 2010
  
• Meningitis  Release date: 1 December 2009
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA), Cornwall Council and the Meningitis Research Foundation have teamed up to launch a meningitis awareness campaign in the Cornwall area to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of the meningitis (meningococcal group c) vaccine.
  Added/updated: 11 March 2010
  
• Hands up for Max  Release date: 16 November 2009
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is helping primary schools across Dorset and Somerset to teach children that good hand hygiene can stop the spread of coughs, colds and even swine flu.
  Added/updated: 11 March 2010