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Meningitis explained: who is most at risk? – podcast
Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school students in Kent in south-east E...
Lords urged to ensure women criminalised for abortion are ‘not left behind’
House to consider amendment that would pardon women in England and Wales affected by prior ‘unjust’ lawsWomen who have b...
Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die before age five
An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, ac...
Ruling on RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy Changes Leaves Health Groups Scrambling
Lawyers for both sides in the federal lawsuit, brought by six medical organizations, are trying to understand the ramifi...
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 ...
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...
‘Missed opportunities’ to prevent woman’s death in prison cell fire, inquest finds
Clare Dupree, 48, who had severe mental illness, died after using a vape to start blaze at prison in GloucestershireTher...
Zelenskyy says Europe is a ‘global force’ that can stand against any other power in address to MPs – as it happened
Zelenskyy suggests Ukraine is also protected by its values.We believe in people, in their rights and freedom. We believe...
‘It’s like Covid II’: Canterbury’s student hangouts left empty by meningitis scare
Many have left for the Easter holiday early after in-person university assessments were cut and exams moved onlineAt The...
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...
Meningitis is back – and here is why | Devi Sridhar
After two deaths, it’s right to be concerned and to discuss investment in public health. But our system is good and it’s...