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Call for more meningitis vaccines after teen dies

dies A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire

Health agency names two schools affected by Berkshire meningitis outbreak

Oxfordshire, had died from the infection](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/14/meningitis-outbreak-berkshire). Dr Rachel Mearkle, a consultant in health protection, said: “We understand that many people will be affected by this sad news and would like to offer

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

Oxfordshire had died earlier this week - and that it had identified a social network that connected the three young people. Close contacts linked to all three are being offered antibiotics as a precaution