Health News Digest
26th April 2024
(covering news from the 19th April 2024)
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Health News Digest
JRF: Understanding the link between childcare costs, poverty and disposable income
JRF: Poverty proofing the future of early years childcare
The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report
Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures
Giving children the best start in life: Shining a spotlight on health visiting
New AI tool could transform the way we monitor and forecast air pollution
Air pollution’s dual threat: poor mental health and heart disease
How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods
Climate change set to take over as key driver of biodiversity loss by 2050, experts warn
GAD advises HM Treasury on climate scenarios
JRF: Understanding the link between childcare costs, poverty and disposable income
JRF: Poverty proofing the future of early years childcare
Deprivation linked to higher second cancer risk among England breast cancer survivors
Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown
Latest measles statistics published
Health Protection Report volume 18 (2024)
COVID-19 vaccine quarterly surveillance reports (September 2021 to April 2024)
Meningococcal disease: laboratory-confirmed cases in England 2022 to 2023
Emerging infections: monthly summaries
High consequence infectious diseases: monthly summaries
Tuberculosis in England: national quarterly reports
Measles epidemiology 2023 and 2024
Imported malaria in the UK: statistics
New data show a rise in travel-acquired malaria cases
Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2024
About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show
Next pandemic likely to be caused by flu virus, scientists warn
Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England
Boosting children’s mental health
Air pollution’s dual threat: poor mental health and heart disease
Government must follow evidence on mental ill health and work, says Centre for Mental Health
Leaked NHS figures reveal 15,000 died in care of mental health trusts in one year
People detained under the Mental Health Act dying at three times the rate of those held in prisons
COVID-19 vaccine quarterly surveillance reports (September 2021 to April 2024)
Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals
People with MND in England and Wales fear losing access to life-extending drug
Medical device companies pay millions to NHS while pushing products, says study
Latest measles statistics published
COVID-19 vaccine quarterly surveillance reports (September 2021 to April 2024)
Asthma: Action needed on needless deaths, says charity
Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis
‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
‘Unsustainable’: UK predicted to see 50% spike in strokes by 2035
About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show
Heavier drinking during Covid led to 2,500 more deaths from alcohol in 2022 – ONS
Next pandemic likely to be caused by flu virus, scientists warn
Air pollution’s dual threat: poor mental health and heart disease
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2024
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2023 to 2024
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2024
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2024
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2024
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2024
Nuffield Trust: Adult substance misuse services
England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report
Cigarette prices motivating more quit attempts, study says
We know how to deter British children from alcohol, say experts, after concerns over WHO report
Heavier drinking during Covid led to 2,500 more deaths from alcohol in 2022 – ONS
Synthetic opioids previously linked to UK deaths are being ‘advertised for sale on social media’
Deprivation linked to higher second cancer risk among England breast cancer survivors
Almost 600,000 in England awaiting gynaecological treatment, figures show
Giving children the best start in life: Shining a spotlight on health visiting
Women give their views on calls for bras to be VAT exempt
Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast cancer survivors