Public Health England COVID-19-head to head laboratory evaluation of 4 commercial serological assaysIn partnership with academic collaborators at the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals,PHE Porton Down carried out a head-to-head evaluation of 4 commercially available assays against the...
announce they are examining whether vitamin D supplements could reduce the risk of covid-19, Ingrid Torjesen finds out what the existing evidence shows Public health agencies in England and Scotland are conducting urgent reviews into the potential for vitamin D to reduce the risk of covid-19. ...
Dr Jenifer Smith, deputy medical director of Public Health England, said: "Euro 2020 was a unique occasion and it is unlikely we would see a similar impact on COVID-19 cases from future events. "However, the data does show how easily the virus can spread when there...
the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern and governments were urged to prepare for global spread of covid-19 from East Asia.4 Detailed case studies followed showing the need for high levels of mechanical ventilation and high death rates.56 But the ...
Just as officials should be preparing for a rise in COVID-19 cases this autumn the organisational structure is being turned on its head. And one can't help wonder whether there is a political motive behind the upheaval. Yes, there seems to have been group-think at Public Health ...
The weekly report, which monitors COVID-19, influenza and other seasonal respiratory viruses in England, is based on data from week 51 (between Dec. 14 and 20), and for some indicators daily data up to Dec. 22. Case rates per 100,000 have increased across all regions in England and ar...
COVID-19 has provided food for thought in many areas of public health that need to improve for us to respond to a similar health crisis in the future efficiently. COVID-19 has affected some countries more than others, and this has primarily been a matter of strategy. Some countries adopted...
Public Health England have admitted tonight that nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus between the 25th of September and the second of October were not included in daily figures for that period and not transferred to the contact tracing system. Some of them were included in the figures published ye...
Dear UK Health Security Agency, Under FOIA, I am requesting the following documents. Copies of all UKHSA COVID-19 Public Inquiry Response Sit Rep's dated between June - July 2023. Yours faithfully, JJ Evans --- Please use this email address for all replies to this request: [FOI #101102...
The aim of this study was to utilise high-spatial resolution air quality information utilising data arising from a validated (using a random forest field calibration) network of 15 low-cost air quality sensors within Oxford, UK to monitor the impacts of multiple COVID-19 public heath ...