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Changing consumer habits and ongoing cost pressures are leading to a shift in UK menus, with beef increasingly featured as an ingredient rather than a centrepiece, moving away from large premium cuts.
Following a deadly meningococcal disease type B (MenB) outbreak in Canterbury, UK, which killed two and infected over 20, Cyprus is providing free meningitis B vaccinations to students linked to the University of Kent.
Officials have reported that the number of meningitis outbreak cases in the United Kingdom has risen to 34.
A growing outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in the UK, linked to a specific nightclub, has raised alarm as cases climb and has resulted in two fatalities.
Figure up from 15, says UK Health Security Agency, as thousands of students to be offered vaccines in coming days The number of cases of meningitis being investigated by the UK Health Security Agency…
Two young people have died following an outbreak of meningitis in the UK.
A poll reveals a mental health crisis in the UK, with nurses reporting unmanageable workloads that put patients at risk of harm, highlighting severe staffing and resource issues within the healthcare system.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed no new meningitis cases in the Kent outbreak, which has passed its peak. Separately, claims linking the outbreak to the Pegasus exercise have been debunked as baseless.
UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 27 The Straits Times
Vaccines have taken away some of the fear around dangerous forms of meningitis in Ireland – but the “explosive” outbreak among young people in the UK is a reminder of just how rapidly the infection…
Prince William has shared his personal journey of understanding emotions and offered advice on mental health during a Radio 1 panel discussion.
A poll by the RCN reveals that 80% of UK mental health nurses find their workloads unmanageable, with half reporting that patients frequently come to harm due to high caseloads and understaffing.
British health authorities have revised the number of meningitis outbreak cases in the UK to 29, focusing on vaccination efforts and the MenB strain affecting Kent. This update follows previous reports on the ongoing outbreak.
The number of cases linked to the meningitis outbreak in Kent in the UK, has risen to 34, up from 29 previously, as hundreds of students queued for a third day to get vaccinated.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has stated that the risk of invasive meningococcal disease spreading from a UK outbreak to the EU is 'very low' due to vaccine protection.
Investigators believe that at least one person infected with meningitis had visited the venue, potentially exposing others in a crowded indoor setting.