Experts consider expanding meningitis vaccine eligibility after Kent outbreak
Scientific advisory committee to examine impact of offering routine MenB jabs to wider range of people The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why? Experts are considering the case for…
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Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak
The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.
Read full article →Experts consider expanding meningitis vaccine eligibility after Kent outbreak
Scientific advisory committee to examine impact of offering routine MenB jabs to wider range of people The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why? Experts are considering the case for routinely vaccinating more people against meningitis B in response to the fatal outbreak in Kent. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s review was announced after the health secretary, Wes Streeting, asked it to “re-examine eligibility for meningitis vaccines” for a wider range of ...
By Anna Bawden, Isaaq Tomkins and Nicola Davis
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