Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
The Alan Milburn report released last week on young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) – evidence is still emerging and it would be premature to treat AI as a major cause of the current NEET problem. But it would be equally mistaken to ignore it. A technology that changes the content of work across large parts of the economy is likely to affect the jobs through which many young people have traditionally entered employment.
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Friday Reading Edition 295 (29th May 2026)
Human lives lost to extreme heat exceed the total toll from earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Heat-related risks extend to wildfires, healthcare systems, infrastructure and agriculture.
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Friday Reading Edition 295 (29th May 2026)
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations require employers to provide a reasonable indoor temperature in the workplace. This depends on the work activity and the environmental conditions.
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Friday Reading Edition 294 (22nd May 2026)
What does this outbreak mean for the UK population?
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How a little-known virus on a cruise ship put the world’s health security framework to the test Text
Friday Reading Edition 294 (22nd May 2026)
When the UK notified WHO on 2 May 2026 of a cluster of severe respiratory illness cases aboard a Netherlands-flagged cruise ship in the Atlantic, passengers from 23 countries were on board. What followed was one of the most complex multi-country outbreak responses in recent years. Here’s how the response worked.
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Friday Reading Edition 294 (22nd May 2026)
Why does the response look so serious if the public risk is very low?
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Friday Reading Edition 294 (22nd May 2026)
A global look at how rising human vulnerability is changing the way we understand, measure, and manage risk – including pandemic preparedness and the fragility of human systems.
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Friday Reading Edition 294 (22nd May 2026)
Using learnings from the COVID-19 experience, the world can be better positioned to respond to the next pandemic in a rapid and coordinated way. Calls to action include strengthening national healthcare systems and closing the health protection gap.
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Friday Reading Edition 294 (22nd May 2026)
On 17 May, the World Health Organization declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. International SOS health experts are monitoring the situation closely since the beginning of the outbreak.
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Friday Reading Edition 285 (20th March 2026)
There is currently an outbreak of meningococcal disease (MenB) in Kent. This blog post includes information on MenB and this outbreak: what to do, where you can get antibiotics if you are affected and who is being offered a vaccine.
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