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Jury still out on whether UK is set to face ‘a major wave’, amid hopes expedited booster will be effective against new variant ‘Pirola’
This year’s flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned as a precautionary measure, following the identification of a new COVID-19 variant, according to an announcement by the UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The decision means those most at risk from winter illness – including people in care homes for older people, the clinically vulnerable, those aged 65 and over, health and social care staff and carers – will be offered a vaccine in England from September.
This seminar focuses on the case study of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in the UK. The HPV vaccine is now offered to girls and boys aged 12–13, as well as to men who have sex with men. The vaccine helps prevent cervical, head and neck, and anogenital cancers caused by HPV infection, as well as genital warts.
From September, teenagers and young adults in England will be offered a single dose of HPV vaccination in England.
Teenagers and other eligible individuals under the age of 25 will now be offered one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine instead of two, according to an announcement from the UK Health Security Agency today. From September, those aged 12 to 13 years old, as well as eligible gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), will receive one dose of the vaccine which is used to protect against HPV-related cancers.