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        • 'It Makes Sense – Sensory Loss Awareness Month'
        • Maria Morgan becomes the first ever non-clinical president of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry
        • National Safeguarding Week
        • Could you be a Mentor?
        • Staff flu vaccination reminder
        • Fishing community's health and wellbeing needs to be at the centre of Brexit response – new PHW report
        • Public Health Wales Statement on Data Breach
        • Priority areas for the Public Health Wales agreed
        • Have you set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?
        • New online tool aims to ensure that those most in need get support during pandemic
        • Talk Money Week 2020 – 9 – 13 November
        • Carry-over of annual leave
        • Results of latest public engagement survey from Public Health Wales
        • Step into Health & Employer Recognition Scheme
        • Welcome to our new Microbiology colleagues
        • NHS Wales Staff Survey has launched
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  • Understanding people's experiences of contact tracing and self-isolation
  • Cardiff to host third major COVID-19 vaccine study
  • Home working can enhance mental well-being – but also increases risk of stress
  • Public Health Wales selected to take part in a programme on understanding the impact of COVID-19 on service change and health inequalities
  • Public Health Wales services ready for Brexit
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  • Results of latest public engagement survey from Public Health Wales
  • Fishing community's health and wellbeing needs to be at the centre of Brexit response – new report
  • Public Health Wales Statement on Data Breach
  • New online tool aims to ensure that those most in need get support during pandemic
  • Guidance for Halloween 2020
  • Wrexham to support UK trial for COVID-19 vaccine
  • Survey reveals people believe they're more likely to catch Coronavirus from people they don't know
  • Road Traffic Crashes Report
  • The Queen's Birthday Honours: Public Health Wales
  • Links between unemployment due to Coronavirus and longstanding illnesses explored in new report
  • New board members appointed to Public Health Wales
  • Public Health Wales reassures eligible people that there is enough free NHS flu vaccine, but warns that getting vaccinated will take longer due to high demand
  • Survey reveals people following social distancing and face covering guidelines
  • Public Health Wales Board approves Welsh Language Standards Annual Report
  • £600,000 project aims to use administrative data to improve the lives of farming families
  • Public Health Wales urges eligible people in Wales to have free flu vaccine
  • Rising concerns for communities of Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil
  • Survey reveals 91% of Welsh adults support local lockdowns in areas with rising Coronavirus cases
  • Public Health Wales statement on Data breach
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  • Newport residents urged to be vigilant for Coronavirus symptoms as cases rise
  • Enhanced public health action in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr Tydfil
  • People in Caerphilly urged to social distance properly as clusters of coronavirus give cause for concern
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