https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/ukhsa/ The latest Flip News stories on ukhsa. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:27 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/health/uk-heatwave-ticks-hyalomma-cchf/ https://flipnews.co.uk/health/uk-heatwave-ticks-hyalomma-cchf/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:42:00 GMT Heatwaves are allowing hyalomma ticks — the main transmitters of the life-threatening Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus — to moult into adults in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency's head of medical entomology has told PA. Sarah Whitfield ticks cchf ukhsa climate-health uk Press Association via Messenger Newspapers; GOV.UK (HAIRS risk assessment) https://flipnews.co.uk/health/american-covid-xfg-uk-hospital-admissions-surge/ https://flipnews.co.uk/health/american-covid-xfg-uk-hospital-admissions-surge/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT New UKHSA figures show Covid hospital admissions rose by almost 50% in a week — with London up 80% — driven by the XFG 'Stratus' variant. Sarah Whitfield covid-19 xfg-stratus ukhsa hospital-admissions autumn-wave Edinburgh Live https://flipnews.co.uk/health/ukhsa-menb-warning-low-uptake/ https://flipnews.co.uk/health/ukhsa-menb-warning-low-uptake/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT UKHSA warned of more deadly meningitis B outbreaks after figures showed only 26.6 per cent of eligible school leavers had taken the jab, urging young people to get both doses. Sarah Whitfield meningitis-b ukhsa vaccination nhs university-health UKHSA (GOV.UK) https://flipnews.co.uk/health/kent-meningitis-b-genome-findings/ https://flipnews.co.uk/health/kent-meningitis-b-genome-findings/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT UKHSA and University of Oxford scientists have found the bacteria behind Kent's severe March meningitis outbreak picked up DNA from harmless throat bacteria, making the strain unusually dangerous. Sarah Whitfield meningitis ukhsa kent public health university of oxford UKHSA (GOV.UK)