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The Health Protection Agency has estimated that 77,400 people were living with HIV in the UK in 2007 with more than a quarter (28 per cent) unaware of their infection. |
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Research from the Health Protection Agency shows that almost half (42 percent) of all African individuals diagnosed with HIV in the UK are missing out on the benefits that come from early diagnosis including improved life expectancy, because they are diagnosed late – that is, after a point at which treatment should have started. |
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The Health Protection Agency's 'Shooting Up' annual report examining infections among injecting drug users in the UK has reported that one-third of injecting drug users have reported having an abcess, sore or open wound at sites of injection - bacterial infections that are thought to cost the NHS around £47million a year. |
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The Health Protection Agency has responded to an isolated case of inhalation anthrax with the patient being treated in intensive care at a London hospital. |
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The Health Protection Agency has welcomed new guidelines from the British HIV Association (BHIVA), the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the British Infection Society (BIS) aiming to increase the offer of HIV testing to ensure fewer people go undiagnosed. |
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A Health Protection Agency study has found that higher temperatures and increases in humidity are associated with an increase in cases of Legionnaires’ disease. |
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A new centre to study the possible health effects of human exposure to nanoparticles has been created by the Health Protection Agency. |
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The Health Protection Agency is contributing to two research consortia that have been granted a total of £9million by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) to carry out research into microbiology and infectious diseases. |
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A six percent increase in the total number of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed in 2007 compared to 2006 has been reported by the Health Protection Agency. |
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Researchers from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) West Midlands have taken part in a collaborative study that shows an increasing rate of sexual infections in people over 45 years in the West Midlands. |
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The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is implementing a multi-million pound investment in new specialist laboratory services for people in the North East of England. |
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A Publicly Available Specification (PAS) that defines the terms commonly used in the field of regenerative medicine has been published by BSI British Standards. |
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The Healthcare Commission is calling on NHS and independent sector hospitals to ensure they are not exposing patients to the dangers of unnecessary radiation through x-rays, CT scans and other procedures. |
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The East of England is to benefit from a £21.2million three-year investment in healthcare skills brokered by Skills for Health (SfH). |
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European Health Ministers have reached agreement on a new regulation for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), including tissue engineering. |
04 June 2007: MHRA |
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