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Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children against measles ahead of the new school term. (Photo: SAVO PRELEVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Measles symptoms as parents warned of potential surge in cases

GPs are voting whether or not to go on strike for the first time in 60 years. (Photo: Charles Milligan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

GPs are threatening strike action - what does it mean for you?

Ad Feature All you need to know about the spring COVID-19 jab

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

Women who have been prescribed hormone replacement therapy for their menopause treatment are set to get a full year of care for less than £20 from April 1.

Women to receive menopause treatment for under £20 from April

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has reassured the public after warnings of a penicillin shortage in the UK.

Health boss insists penicillin supply is ‘good’ after shortage warning

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Residents across region claiming unemployment benefits at 'record low'

Southsea seafront. Picture: Sarah Standing

How to stay safe during heatwave

Self-isolation can only end early if two negative results are produced on consecutive days (Photo: Getty Images)

Major change to Covid self-isolation rules takes effect from today

Covid passports are reportedly set to be scrapped in England this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid passports to be scrapped ‘this month’ as Omicron wave eases

Sajid Javid has called on the public to get their booster dose before Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Top-up’ immunity and get booster jab before Christmas parties, Brits urged

Edward Hartley, from Wickham, died at the age of 18 while in the care of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Picture: Supplied

NHS trust apology 'doesn't feel genuine'

People urged to get second Covid jab amid fears millions missed out

The EU still does not recognise a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine called Covishield (Photo: Getty Images)

European holidays at risk for millions of Brits given Indian-made AstraZeneca ja...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock with adviser Gina Coladangelo. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Health secretary Matt Hancock resigns in aftermath of affair revelation

Surge testing is being introduced to people in the LS8 postcode area of Leeds (Photo: Getty Images)

Further surge testing ordered in England as South African Covid variant spreads ... Claire Schofield

Could every adult in the UK be vaccinated against Covid by May? The rumours explored (Photo: Shutterstock)

Could every adult in the UK be vaccinated against Covid by May? The rumours expl...

Australia is unlikely to fully reopen its borders in 2021

This is how long you have to wait between the first and second dose of the Covid...

Check how fast the Covid infection rate is rising in your area with this interac...

Can domestic cleaners work during England's national lockdown?

This is when schools could reopen in January - and why the return has been delay...

Primary schools in these areas of England are not expected to reopen next week

The new Covid variant is 54% more infectious than other strains - what it means

£4bn of taxpayer money spent on private Covid contracts is still unaccounted for

Matt Hancock is considering a ‘work out to help out’ scheme - here’s what it mea...

The coronavirus testing site Tipner was moved overnight

Testing site for coronavirus is coming to Cosham, say councillors

A TESTING site for Covid-19 is due to be set up in Portsmouth once more, councillors have said.

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The coronavirus testing site at Tipner was removed overnight

Tipner coronavirus testing site removed overnight without warning

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

The government are cutting back on Coronavirus advertisements to try and slow the demand for test (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The government is cutting back on coronavirus awareness advertising - here’s why

The new campaign aims to encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles (Photo: Shutterstock)

No sweets at shop counters and a ban on junk food ads - the government's new pla...

Coronavirus testing centre at Tipner, Portsmouth on July 16. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Covid-19 testing website sends people to closed centre

Leicester is the worst affected area in England by coroanvirus (Photo: Getty Images)

Here’s the latest data on coronavirus cases across England - from the most affec...

This is what you need to know about the NHS app (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS contact tracing app might not be ready until winter - here’s what it means

This is what coronavirus looks like. Picture: Shutterstock

Site set up for key workers to get Covid-19 tests stops accepting applications

1,662 additional coronavirus deaths have been recorded by ONS (Shutterstock)

More than 1,000 additional coronavirus deaths in care homes according to ONS fig...

A coronavirus vaccine could be ready by the autumn

Professor optimistic about coronavirus vaccine being ready for September

Coronavirus cases have risen in Hampshire again. Picture: Brian lawless/PA Wire

Hampshire coronavirus cases rise to 99

A man and a woman wearing a face masks while travelling on a tube train on the Jubilee Line of the London Underground. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Coronavirus cases reach 456 in the UK in biggest daily rise so far

Health Minister Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus

Confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus have now reached more than 72,000 across the globe (Photo: Shutterstock)

13 coronavirus myths debunked by the World Health Organisation

Coronavirus in the UK: latest news and updates after first cases confirmed in En...

A healthcare worker at Worthing Hospital is among the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK. Picture: Michael Drummond/PA Wire

Hospital worker diagnosed with coronavirus in West Sussex

The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, where two patients who have tested positive for coronavirus in England are in a high consequence infectious disease unit. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Coronavirus: Third UK patient is diagnosed in Brighton

Two members of the same family in England have tested positive for the disease (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is the latest on coronavirus in the UK as first cases confirmed

James Hoare from Gosport. His mother-in-law, Margaret Queree, died at the War Memorial Hospital after being given opioids. Picture: David George

Gosport War Memorial Hospital deaths: Dispirited families frustrated by lack of ...

James Hoare from Gosport. His mother-in-law, Margaret Queree, died at the War Memorial Hospital after being given opioids. Picture: David George

War Memorial Hospital deaths: Families frustrated that meetings are 'waste of ti...

Caroline Dinenage, Gosport MP

Boris Johnson's sugar tax proposal branded 'b******s' by Gosport MP

Caroline Dinenage, Gosport MP

Boris Johnson's sugar tax proposal branded 'b******s' by Gosport MP

Dr Beatriz Lopez

University of Portsmouth sets up service to help autistic people find work

Dr Beatriz Lopez

University of Portsmouth sets up service to help autistic people find work

Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham

Demand for QA Hospital A&E redevelopment puts pressure on government

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'˜Improvements needed' in county health services

Cllr Darren Sanders, left, and Cllr Matthew Winnington

New homes for Portsmouth adults with learning disabilities unveiled

Dr Avi Agrawal is a consultant breast surgeon at QA Hospital which is currently accredited as one of only 12 National Oncoplastic Training Centres for breast burgery. Picture: Habibur Rahman

QA Hospital is helping lead the way in treating breast cancer patients