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Meningitis B: what are the symptoms, how is it spread and is there a vaccine?
Health•March 17, 2026 at 5:30 PMNational

Meningitis B: what are the symptoms, how is it spread and is there a vaccine?

By Anna Bawden and Hannah Devlin•The Guardian - UK News

Variant identified in Kent can cause long-term complications and prove fatal if not caught early with antibioticsTell us: how is the meningitis outbreak in Canterbury being handled?Health officials have confirmed that meningitis B is the strain identified in some of the cases in Kent, in an outbreak that has killed two young people and left 15 others seriously ill. Continue reading...

Variant identified in Kent can cause long-term complications and prove fatal if not caught early with antibiotics

Health officials have confirmed that meningitis B is the strain identified in some of the cases in Kent, in an outbreak that has killed two young people and left 15 others seriously ill.

Continue reading...

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