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What is Tuberculosis (TB)?
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect any other organ or part of the body. There are two types of TB. Active TB and Latent TB. A person with ACTIVE TB will: Feel ill...
read moreInflammation
Last updated on Wednesday, September 4, 2024
IMMID About The IMID (Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases) BioResource has been established in collaboration with the NIHR BioResource to help and support research in IMID and research in health-related conditions more generally. The IMID BioResource is a component part of the NIHR BioResou...
read moreHow is TB contracted
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
People get TB when they breathe in the TB bacteria, which are spread through the air. But most people won’t get ill because: TB bacteria are only in the air after someone with infectious TB coughs or sneezes. You need to spend many hours close to a person with infectious TB to breathe in enou...
read moreYoung and at-risk urged to get latest top-up COVID-19 vaccine
Last updated on Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Young and at-risk urged to come forward for latest top-up COVID-19 vaccine in the last few weeks of spring programme Younger people who are at extra risk from COVID-19 are being urged to get their life-saving spring vaccine before the latest offer ends on Sunday 30 June. NHS England – North Wes...
read moreHealth leaders urge people in Wirral to get boosted ahead of Christmas
Last updated on Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Two years on since the NHS delivered the world's first COVID jab, kickstarting the most successful vaccine programme in our history, health leaders in Wirral are calling on the public to get boosted ahead of Christmas. The autumn campaign, which started just three months ago has seen over 750,00...
read moreYoung dancer shares her dream for Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2025
Last updated on Monday, March 3, 2025
A young dancer patient of Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has spoken about her personal story of living with lymphoedema as part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week (3rd to 7th March 2025). Rachael Boggiano, age 24, has been living with the symptoms of lymphoedema, a long-term condition whi...
read moreInformation for Parents on Strep A
Last updated on Wednesday, December 7, 2022
There are lots of viruses that cause sore throats, colds and coughs circulating, especially over winter. These usually resolve without needing any special medical treatment or medicines. However, children can occasionally develop a bacterial infection on top of a viral infection and that can make...
read more‘Long Covid’ sufferer from Liverpool tells of battling debilitating symptoms as part of ‘Spread the Facts’ campaign
Last updated on Thursday, June 3, 2021
News Release from Champs Public Health Collaborative As lockdown restrictions ease, Directors of Public Health in Cheshire and Merseyside are relaunching a campaign to ‘Spread the Facts’ about how young people can play their part in stopping the spread of COVID-19. With the vaccine rollout...
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