The Chief Medical Officer for England, Prof Chris Whitty has released his Annual Report for 2025. It is on infectious diseases.

We have been very successful at reducing the risk of once common and feared infections to very low levels in children and young adults. Several major risks and opportunities remain. In a wide ranging report with recommendations for the public, the NHS and the government, Professor Whitty makes a number of key points, including:

The great majority of deaths from infections are now in older people, who can also suffer significant harms from infections, but we are much less systematic about preventing infections in older age.

Vaccines provide protection from some of the worst infections and have eliminated or could eliminate many major diseases in the UK, from pol

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