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Better NHS care might have saved 58 babies, BBC finds

There are growing calls for a statutory public inquiry into maternity services in Oxford.

Thursday briefing: The largest cluster of cases in a generation – what’s behind the meningitis B outbreak?

In today’s newsletter: After a spate of infections linked to a nightclub in Kent, some parents and experts are questioning the UK’s vaccination regime It is every parent’s worst nightmare. University...

I'm in agony six years after treatment for anal cancer

Trish Prosser was too embarrassed to tell loved ones about the type of cancer she had as she felt there was a stigma surrounding anal cancer.

Kent meningitis outbreak has been contained, health officials believe

There is growing confidence that the 20 people diagnosed with the illness have not infected anyone outside the areaHealth officials increasingly believe they have contained the fatal outbreak of menin...

Why this 'unprecedented' outbreak isn't another Covid

Meningitis infections result from close and prolonged physical contact and spreads more slowly than Covid.

This is the first time I've left my room since the outbreak

Twenty people are confirmed or suspected to have fallen ill with meningitis in the Canterbury area.

Why has this meningitis outbreak spread so fast?

There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?

What is behind the UK’s meningitis outbreak and how serious is it?

Cases of MenB linked to Canterbury nightclub have risen to 20, with two deaths, as experts warn of ‘explosive’ outbreakMeningitis infections in a county in the south-east of England continue to increa...

People don't need to buy a vaccine, health secretary says

Vaccines are being offered to 5,000 students at the University of Kent, where there is a outbreak.

Number of meningitis cases investigated in Kent rises to 20

Thousands of students to be offered vaccines in response to quickest-growing outbreak experts have seenThe number of meningitis infections linked to Kent continues to grow, with five confirmed new cas...

Was response to outbreak too slow?

Questions are being asked about whether the NHS and authorities should have raised the alarm sooner.

Watch: Mother 'absolutely shocked' to find daughter had meningitis

Khali Goodwin's daughter Keeleigh is recovering after being admitted to hospital with meningitis.

The Papers: 'First cracks' in Trump camp over Iran war and UK tackles meningitis outbreak

The ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran and the meningitis outbreak in the UK lead Wednesday's papers.

'Explosive' meningitis outbreak is unprecedented, officials say

Officials confirm 15 cases of meningitis following an outbreak in Kent, in which two people died.

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'Explosive' meningitis outbreak being treated as national incident

An outbreak of meningitis is being treated as a national incident after the deaths of a sixth-form pupil and a university student.

Desperate parents calling pharmacies for meningitis jab as stocks run low

Supplies becoming sparse amid rise in demand since Kent outbreak, which has killed two and left 13 seriously illWorried parents are contacting pharmacies in an “increasingly desperate” effort to get t...

Kent students to be offered targeted meningitis B jabs after two more cases

Vaccination programme to be launched on Canterbury campus as strain B of disease identified in fatal outbreakStudents in Kent are to be offered a targeted vaccination against meningitis B after two mo...

Woman describes her symptoms before being rushed to hospital

Speaking from her hospital bed, the 21-year-old woman said her symptoms included a headache, hot and cold sweats, achey bones and vomiting.

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

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 ha...

Kent meningitis outbreak: a timeline of the health authorities’ response

The cases recorded so far have all been linked to a nightclub popular with students in CanterburyTwo young people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Kent as private supplies of vaccines run out...