Air pollution linked to long COVID in young adults Study shows that young people exposed to high levels of air pollution pre-pandemic are more likely to suffer with long Covid Find out more
New tool to value the health impacts of urban developments Researchers make it easier for planners to synthesise and evaluate the health risks of urban development Find out more
Childhood obesity set to more than double from 2020 levels New report highlights the importance of developing comprehensive national action plans to prevent and treat obesity Find out more
PM announces EHP register to help local authorities’ pandemic work 10 September 2020, Katie Coyne Johnson specifically mentions EH in ‘rule of 6’ press conference. Who will take on PHE’s preventative health work? 03 September 2020, Katie Coyne Replacement of Public Health England with new health protection body has reignited calls to reinstate position of English chief EH officer. COVID-19 exposed global failure to invest in public health 03 September 2020, Katie Coyne Pandemic must stimulate greater political action around non-communicable diseases. ‘EH officers are part of the team that is helping to keep Wales safe’ 06 August 2020, Vaughan Gething Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething speaks to EHN Extra. Ramp up test, trace, isolate to avoid second deadlier virus wave 04 August 2020, Katie Coyne But fears of redoubling virus not a reason to postpone school reopening. Tackling modern day slavery during COVID-19 23 July 2020, Katie Coyne Don’t let trafficking cause a coronavirus spike in your area Politicisation of COVID-19 testing targets slowed progress 21 July 2020, Katie Coyne Higher BAME risk missed due to poor handling of data by national agencies Public health ‘sidelined’ in post-Brexit trade talks 16 July 2020, Katie Coyne New trade commission contains no public health representation. English test and trace system ‘set up to cope with far more cases than it gets’ 09 July 2020, Sarah Campbell CIEH webinar examines how national and local systems are starting to work together. Contact tracing ‘should be led by local authorities’, say health researchers 26 June 2020, Katie Coyne Article in BMJ lists catalogue of errors in UK government’s response to COVID-19.
PM announces EHP register to help local authorities’ pandemic work 10 September 2020, Katie Coyne Johnson specifically mentions EH in ‘rule of 6’ press conference.
Who will take on PHE’s preventative health work? 03 September 2020, Katie Coyne Replacement of Public Health England with new health protection body has reignited calls to reinstate position of English chief EH officer.
COVID-19 exposed global failure to invest in public health 03 September 2020, Katie Coyne Pandemic must stimulate greater political action around non-communicable diseases.
‘EH officers are part of the team that is helping to keep Wales safe’ 06 August 2020, Vaughan Gething Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething speaks to EHN Extra.
Ramp up test, trace, isolate to avoid second deadlier virus wave 04 August 2020, Katie Coyne But fears of redoubling virus not a reason to postpone school reopening.
Tackling modern day slavery during COVID-19 23 July 2020, Katie Coyne Don’t let trafficking cause a coronavirus spike in your area
Politicisation of COVID-19 testing targets slowed progress 21 July 2020, Katie Coyne Higher BAME risk missed due to poor handling of data by national agencies
Public health ‘sidelined’ in post-Brexit trade talks 16 July 2020, Katie Coyne New trade commission contains no public health representation.
English test and trace system ‘set up to cope with far more cases than it gets’ 09 July 2020, Sarah Campbell CIEH webinar examines how national and local systems are starting to work together.
Contact tracing ‘should be led by local authorities’, say health researchers 26 June 2020, Katie Coyne Article in BMJ lists catalogue of errors in UK government’s response to COVID-19.