23 May 2013 — National deafblind charity Sense and Public Health Wales have today warned of the potential dangers of a rubella outbreak in Wales. With around 38,000 unvaccinated young people in Wales, Sense has welcomed efforts to...
16 May 2013 — Efforts to offer MMR vaccination throughout Wales in response to the measles outbreak centred on the Swansea area have resulted in more than 50,000 people being vaccinated in the last two months. Public Health Wales...
15 May 2013 — Public Health Wales is encouraging young people to get vaccinated before they go to the Urdd Eisteddfod. Measles is still circulating in Wales. There have been 20 new cases notified to Public Health Wales since last...
9 May 2013 — Public Health Wales is warning that, as cases of measles continue to be reported in the Swansea area and across Wales, not enough children are being vaccinated to prevent further outbreaks. There have been 22 new cases...
7 May 2013 — The Aneurin Bevan Health Board & Gwent Police have jointly issued a warning to young people and parents in Gwent about the danger of taking "legal highs.": They issued the warning after a number of young...
2 May 2013 — Public Health Wales continues to urge MMR vaccination for children and young people aged between 10 and 18 as the measles outbreak centred on the Swansea area continues to grow. There have now been 1,039 cases of measles...
1 May 2013 — Men aged 65 in Wales will be invited to take part in a new screening programme launched today (May 1, 2013) by Public Health Wales. The Wales Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme will offer men a quick,...
29 Apr 2013 — Health Minister Mark Drakeford AM has announced a £4.805m investment in a new Combined Services Centre at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. The centre will be based in a partly refurbished building with a new extension...
25 Apr 2013 — As the measles cases hit 942 the Welsh Government has published 15 facts about measles on its website and Public Health Wales is urging young people living in the outbreak area to get the MMR vaccination before their...
25 Apr 2013 — Welsh Health officials are investigating a private clinic that has been supplying single measles vaccinations in Swansea. The Children's Immunisation Centre in Cheshire ran a clinic at the weekend giving single...
24 Apr 2013 — 16 April 2013 The Wales Gene Park (WGP), which brings together the considerable expertise in genetics from across Wales, yesterday celebrated its 10thanniversary at an event hosted by Cardiff University. Throughout the...
22 Apr 2013 — Statement by Dr Marion Lyons, Director of Health Protection, Public Health Wales. “Public Health Wales laboratory tests have today confirmed a diagnosis of measles in a 25-year-old male from Swansea who died on...
19 Apr 2013 — Statement by Dr Marion Lyons, Director of Health Protection, Public Health Wales. “Public Health Wales is aware of a death being investigated by the Swansea Coroner. A diagnosis of measles has not yet been...
18 Apr 2013 — Wales' Minister for Health and Social Services, Mark Drakeford, has pledged to steer safely to completion legislation to increase the number of organs available to patients on the transplant waiting list. Speaking in...
12 Apr 2013 — An extra 73 cases of measles have been reported to Public Health Wales in the last two days – bringing the total number of cases in the outbreak centred on the Swansea area to 693. Public Health Wales continues to...
12 Apr 2013 — Stars of the Cardiff University Health Board have had their efforts recognised at a special awards ceremony. Dozens of nominations were received as part of the second year of the health board’s Staff Recognition...
10 Apr 2013 — Cases of measles reported to Public Health Wales in the outbreak centred on the Swansea area have now reached 620. Despite a good response to vaccination clinics held in the area at the weekend – when more than...
8 Apr 2013 — Public Health Wales continues to urge parents, carers and communities to ensure children have the MMR jab, as cases in the outbreak centred in the Swansea area reach 588. The number of people coming forward for the MMR...
4 Apr 2013 — Public Health Wales is emphasising the critical need for children to have the MMR vaccination as the number of cases in the outbreak centred on Swansea reaches 541. The outbreak of this contagious and potentially fatal...
28 Mar 2013 — Public Health Wales is urging parents, carers and communities to ensure that all children are given the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as cases in the outbreak centred on Swansea reach 432. Case numbers have more...
