Browsing: meningitis

Teenagers in their final school year and young people starting university will be offered two doses of a vaccine to protect them against meningitis B, the…

The father of a college student who died after contracting meningitis has paid tribute to his “funny, sociable, kind-hearted” son.Lewis Waters, who attended Henley college in…

Two schools attended by pupils receiving treatment for meningitis have been named amid an outbreak of the infection in Berkshire which has caused the death of…

A young person has died and two others are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis in Berkshire, health officials have said.It follows a major outbreak…

Three cases of meningitis B have been confirmed in the south-west of England, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and young people in the…

Roughly six years ago, the UK went into its first lockdown as an emergency response to Covid-19. Since then, the government’s many Covid policies, from severe…

School immunisation services and pharmacies are reporting surging demand for routine vaccinations after the Kent meningitis outbreak in which two teenagers died.Thousands of teenagers across England…

East Kent hospitals NHS trust missed an earlier opportunity to alert the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of the meningitis outbreak in Kent, it has been…

The meningitis B vaccination programme will be expanded to include year 11 pupils at schools affected by the outbreak in Kent, health officials have said.Figures from…

There have been no new cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent reported, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.As of 12.30pm on…