The pneumococcal vaccine helps strengthen your protection against these illnesses and is available to people with diabetes for free via the NHS. Speak to GP if you have missed yours.
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- We are seeing high numbers of Salmonella & Campylobacter cases in England. These stomach bugs cause symptoms like diarrhoea and vomiting. Read our blog to find more on: 🍽️ How they spread 🚽 Symptoms to look out for 🧼 Simple steps to reduce your risk 🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/06/sto…
- Did you know the HPV vaccine isn’t just for girls? Boys are offered it too, to protect them from HPV-related cancers later in life. 👦👦🏾👦🏻👦🏿 A simple vaccine today helps protect their future. 🔗 Find how to get vaccinated nhs.uk/HPV
- Good weather + bad weather = feeling under the weather? 🌦️🤢 From fields to forks, a surprising chain of events could be behind your dodgy digestion. Swipe to see how it’s all connected, and how ewe can stay one step ahead of food poisoning. 🐑🫵
- 📈 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.
- Replying to @UKHSAOur blog post explores how this infection, known as “the great imitator,” can evolve from something straightforward to cure into a condition that may cause hair loss and organ damage. 🔗
- Syphilis cases may be declining overall, but it’s far from a disease of the past. There were more than 8,000 cases diagnosed in England in 2025 alone. 🕰️🦠
- Replying to @UKHSARead our blog post to see how social media comments helped shape our response, alongside routine surveillance, GP intelligence and lab data.
- Outbreaks of cryptosporidium linked to drinking water are rare, typically occurring once a decade. In Brixham in 2024, an unusual cluster of gastrointestinal illness signalled something different.
