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The latest advice regarding the Swine Influenza outbreak is available from the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Click here to access their website which contains advice for both professionals and the public.
Latest under-18 concepttion data for local authorities shows small rises in rates in all four Tees areas for 2007 compared with 2006. This is in line with the national picture and increases the challenge to reach the 2010 target.
Neil Stanley argues that, in terms of healthy living, sleep is as important as good diet and exercise (see BBC website article). We have public health interventions tackling poor diets and aimed at increasing exercise. Could encouraging good sleep help to improve health on Teesside? The British Sleep Society hold their Spring meeting in York in April.
