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Last Effective Treatment For Gonorrhoea 'Fails'

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 07.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: HIV/AIDS, UK News, Gay Sex, Sex, World Health Organisation, Antibiotics, Health News, Who, Slideexpand, Sti, Heterosexual, Gonorrhea, Hpa, UK Lifestyle News

Urgent action must be taken to prevent millions of people across the world running out of treatment options for gonorrhoea, warns the World Health Or...

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Rise In STIs Poses 'Very Real Danger'

PA | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, Herpes, UK News, Women's Health, Chlamydia, Sex, Health News, Gay, Gonorrhoea, Stis, Hpa, UK Lifestyle News

Too many people are putting themselves at risk by having unsafe sex, health experts have warned, as figures were released showing a "disappointing" ri...

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Government is Failing on HIV

Peter G Tatchell | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK, World HIV Day, Hpa, Hiv, Gay Sex, Safe Sex, Hiv Education, Contraception, Aids, Nhs, UK Health, UK Politics News
Peter G Tatchell

HIV education is woefully inadequate in most schools. Teaching pupils how to roll a condom on a banana is not good enough. Very few students learn what to do if a partner refuses to wear a condom ie. how to negotiate safer sex.

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Health Protection Agency Warns Over Toxic Fumes Risk From Heaters And Boilers

PA | Posted 21.01.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Oil Heaters, Health Protection Agency, Health, National Health Service, Carbon Monoxide, Electric Heathers, Toxic Fumes, Hpa, Nhs, UK Health, UK News

Health experts are calling on people to have their boilers, heaters and cookers checked in the hope of avoiding 50 deaths a year from carbon monoxide ...

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Legionnaires' Disease Linked To Corfu

PA | Posted 07.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Hpa, Legionnaires Disease, Health Protection Agency, Corfu, UK News

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has launched an investigation into a cluster of cases of Legionnaires' disease in people who have been to Corfu. ...

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Students Warned Of Possible Meningitis Outbreak

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: MMR Vaccine, Meningitis, Measles, Mumps, Students, Worcester University, Hpa, Universities, UK Universities & Education News

Students returning to university have been warned of the risk of meningitis and measles after a rise in cases in recent year. The Health Protectio...

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