Infections and infestations

Tables (5)

Routine childhood immunisation schedule

16 March 2022

Summary of routine childhood vaccinations.

Influenza vaccines, which vaccine to offer

1 September 2021

Flu vaccine recommendations by age group for 2021/22.

Influenza vaccines 2021/2022

1 September 2021

Influenza vaccines available for the 2021/22 flu season.

Antibiotic treatments in adults, summary of regimens

23 July 2021

Dose regimens for common bacterial infections.

Lice and scabies treatments

1 April 2016

Formulations and regimens of pediculicides and scabicides.

Infections and infestations in the News

Close up image of an old man's arm being injected with a vaccine by a healthcare professional wearing a latex glove

Immunity boost from fourth COVID jab may exceed third dose effect, new data suggest

By Lisa Lytle, 11 May 2022

Findings from a recent study suggest that a fourth...

Close up fingers of a patient wearing a mask on hospital bed.

NHS rolls out second arthritis drug to treat COVID-19

By Sandhiya Sodha, 9 May 2022

Baricitinib, normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis,...

Blurred image of a black man wearing a mask being injected in he upper arm by a medical professional also wearing a mask

SSRI treatment shown to reduce COVID hospitalisations

By Lisa Lytle, 20 April 2022

Fluvoxamine, a commonly prescribed selective serotonin...