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17 days ago
The Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhoea infections despite being offered to at-risk men, scientists say.
44 days ago
Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people ○
The decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.
70 days ago
Meningitis vaccine must be rolled out now for all teenagers and young adults, charity chief urges government after new outbreak that killed student ○
Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said the charity has long believed that the vaccine should be given to all teenagers and young adults.
Call for more meningitis vaccines after teen dies ⊖
Head of Meningitis Now wants to see a wider rollout after Oxfordshire sixth-form pupil's death.
71 days ago
Meningitis cases found at two schools in Reading after student dies in new outbreak ⊖
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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed two young people in Reading, Berkshire, are undergoing treatment for Meningitis B. A third student died earlier this week.
Meningitis cases in Reading are pupils at two schools, UKHSA says ⊖
A sixth-form student died following the three meningitis cases in Reading.
4 months ago
Meningitis vaccination rolled out to GCSE schoolchildren amid ongoing outbreak ⊖
The vaccination program was rolled out for university students last week, but Wes Streeting announced that it would be expanded to pupils at schools with known or suspected cases of menB.
Meningitis outbreak WAS caused by a new variant with significant mutations that are likely to have impacted on how fast it spread, officials say ⊕
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The UK Health Security Agency has mapped the entire genome of the circulating bacteria and found mutations in an area known to affect transmissibility.
Meningitis vaccines offered to some Year 11 pupils ○
Year 11 pupils are to receive the vaccine in schools where it has already been offered.
Meningitis outbreak passes peak, says health agency ○
"We could still see cases continuing to come in, we need to keep an eye on those, the UKHSA says.