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The government has announced a major expansion in vaccination against meningitis in Kent after seven new cases of the disease were confirmed in the county, taking…

Health officials increasingly believe they have contained the fatal outbreak of meningitis in Kent, with no cases emerging that are not linked to the original cluster…

Government scientists have identified the type of meningitis behind a fatal outbreak in Kent as a strain that most people have not be vaccinated against.Gayatri Amirthalingam,…

March 16, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmDeadly campus meningitis outbreak in the U.K. kills 2, sickens many moreTens of thousands of people in…

On Monday morning, nine days after a night out at Club Chemistry, a nightclub in Canterbury, Joe Bradshaw realised he had been linked to the meningitis…

Tributes have been paid to a sixth-former confirmed as the second person to have died after an outbreak of meningitis in Kent.The sixth-form student was named…

A sixth-form pupil and a university student have died in Kent and 11 other people are believed to be seriously ill in hospital after an outbreak…

Two people have died and 11 are reportedly seriously ill in hospital after an outbreak of a rare form of invasive meningitis at the University of…

March 5, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmMeasles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centersCamp East Montana, one of the largest…

For people living and working in Enfield, the current measles outbreak is a shock – but not a surprise. The borough has struggled with low vaccine…