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Read the full news story:
📰🔗https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stis-fall-with-syphilis-among-gay-and-bisexual-men-lowest-in-a-decade
🆕 Our latest STI report lands today with positive signs - diagnoses have fallen 8.3% overall, showing system-wide efforts are making a real difference. It also shows syphilis diagnoses in gay and bisexual men at their lowest since 2016.
📈 Genital herpes cases are rising, with a 3.1% increase reported in England between 2024 and 2025. It’s a common STI, and many people have no symptoms.
You can catch it through skin-to-skin contact like touching or rubbing, so it can be passed on without having penetrative sex.
Vaccines have been saving lives for over 200 years - but did you know the very first vaccine was developed in the UK?✨
In the 1790s, Edward Jenner used the relatively mild cowpox virus to build immunity against deadly smallpox, laying the foundation for modern vaccination.
🟠⚠Amber heat-health alerts have been issued to the health systems across central England until 27 May, with yellow alerts covering the rest of the country.
You can check the latest alerts and guidance through the early warning system here:
🔗 ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts
🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/18/w...
If you are travelling to Saudi Arabia for Hajj, check the latest advice on the Travel Health Pro website in advance 🕋
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https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/factsheet/19/hajj-and-umrah
🌿🦠Our first One Health surveillance report of vector-borne diseases (VBD) in England shows:
📊 Lyme disease remains the most common VBD
🦟 Emerging mosquito threats are increasing across Europe
While risk to the public remains low, taking precautions matters
Read full report https://bit.ly/3Py2hFy
Following the WHO’s declaration of a global health emergency for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the risk to the UK remains low. Our latest blog explains the disease, including its symptoms, how it spreads, and how we respond.
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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). It is a common cause of genital sores in England.
