Lessons to combat Covid-19 anti-vaccine movement to be given in Hackney schools
Classes have been drawn up by local teachers and health workers in response to concerns of growing scepticism among young people
Public Health England
A third of Hackney residents may have had coronavirus, data suggests
Watchdog gives clearest picture yet of Covid’s spread across the borough, as Homerton Hospital is stretched to the limit
Coronavirus: Hackney Mayor and public health director welcome news of greater restrictions across London
Capital to move to ‘High’ alert from midnight, as borough leader sets out how the government can avoid ‘wasting this opportunity’
Council leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by scrapping of Public Health England
Hackney Mayor and borough’s health chief fear the agency is ‘being made a scapegoat for government’s wider failure’ in tackling Covid
Local public health director slams quality of data from national test-and-trace effort
Sandra Husbands says information ‘not particularly useful’ as former WHO director urges council to use its own data channels
Quit smoking for Covid
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First two coronavirus cases confirmed in Hackney but ‘risk to public remains low’
The borough’s director of public health says news was ‘expected’ and that people should continue with simple hygiene measures to help manage the spread
Public health expert warns Town Hall could ‘come to regret’ vape store partnership
Professor Martin McKee calls decision to actively promote vaping ‘incredible’, but council says it is ‘maximising support to smokers’
‘Stop the spread’: Doctors issue new warning to parents amid ongoing measles outbreak
More than 350 cases recorded in Hackney and Haringey in the past eight months as local GP urges people to ‘think of the benefits’
Furious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site
Principal speaks up for ‘young lungs’ at local primary school as council confirms carcinogenic hydrocarbons as cause of ‘odours’
‘Startling’ figures reveal hundreds of breast cancer screening cancellations
‘There is a national shortage of qualified mammographers and this shortage is impacting services nationwide’
Hackney among worst boroughs in London for health inequality, new figures show
Only residents in Tower Hamlets and Haringey spend longer in ill health, as Town Hall cites ‘financial deprivation’ and better life expectancy
Hackney environmental lawyers welcome London Mayor’s vow to combat air pollution
‘Today’s announcement should send a clear message to the UK government,’ says ClientEarth
Hackney has the highest rate in UK for young people with chlamydia
The UK’s most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) was detected in 4,270 Hackney residents per 100,000 population