Research has highlighted how weather extremes worsened by climate change are now a major national public health threat. The study, led by the University of Bristol and published today in Nature Communications, showed how the death toll from temperature hazards overtook the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the South West region of England, when the […]
Measures to reduce congestion and air pollution from vehicles in major cities can have a beneficial impact on health outcomes, a new review finds. In an analysis of the published scientific evidence to date, researchers from Imperial College London looked at the health impacts of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) and Congestion Charging Zones (CCZs) in […]
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A new website which can help people to understand their unhealthy behaviours and help them to understand the changes they might need to make is launching in Norfolk. Ready to Change offers people the opportunity to make small changes to help tackle unhealthy behaviours, focusing on four of the biggest lifestyle behaviours: alcohol consumption, physical […]
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COVID-19: Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines: Former director of public health Professor John Ashton has said that scientific scepticism may be reinforced by the UK’s rush to approve COVID vaccines for public use and the apparent political desire to be the first out of the blocks in contrast to our European neighbours. Writing in the Journal of […]
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Dig for Victory, Measles is Misery, Don’t Die of Ignorance; over the past century, these public health messages have frightened, inspired and educated the British public. Opening on 23 October, at the Museum of Brands, in London these catchy slogans will be remembered in ‘Can Marketing Save Lives? A century of Public Health Marketing,’ an […]
The number of cancer deaths related to radon gas is very small but for people living in radon hotspots it can be a real concern. A report in the British Medical Journal claimed that at least 1,100 people die each year from lung cancer linked to indoor radon – a natural radioactive gas that can seep […]