Powering our nation’s health security with world leading science

Today marks the start of British Science Week, a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, and an opportunity to highlight health protection science and UKHSA’s contribution as an organisation with science at its heart. Our health protection science saves lives; both through landmark discoveries and through scientists working quietly behind the scenes to keep … Read more

The Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Psychiatric Disorders

Living with mental-health disorders is challenging enough without adding physical ailments to the mix. But recent research suggests that people with psychiatric disorders also have higher rates of Type 2 diabetes, and the combination can be devastating. “When people who have pre-existing mental illnesses develop diabetes, their outcomes are much worse,” says Anne Doherty, an … Read more