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Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people

risk". Meningococcal disease can lead to life-threatening illness. Aaron Mills from Kidderminster in Worcestershire

Health agency names two schools affected by Berkshire meningitis outbreak

Meningococcal disease does not spread easily and the risk to the wider public remains low.” A major

UK school leavers and new students to be offered meningitis B vaccine

risk of serious illness and larger outbreaks of the disease. The UK [Health](https://www.theguardian.com/society/health) Security Agency (UKHSA) has noted that cases of invasive meningococcal

Three young people contract meningitis in Weymouth

meningococcal disease diagnosed in England every year, it added. The three cases in Weymouth have been confirmed as Meningitis B (MenB) and are the same sub-strain type, but a different sub-strain

Call for more meningitis vaccines after teen dies

risk to the wider public was low. Referring to the most recent cases, Nutt said the UKHSA had reacted "quickly" to administer antibiotics to those people affected, adding that he felt "reassured that the right

Meningitis cases in Reading are pupils at two schools, UKHSA says

disease but when it strikes it can be very lethal," Ladhani said. He said the picture in Reading was an "evolving situation". "Just like Kent was, just like Dorset... it is difficult to know where

Junior school pupil treated for meningitis in fourth Reading case

risk to the wider public remained low and this is not linked to incidents in Kent or Dorset. Two months ago, two people died of [MenB in Kent, linked to a nightclub in Canterbury