Health officials target 5,000 students at the University of Kent after two deaths and a spike in MenB cases linked to a ...

CANTERBURY: Hundreds of masked-up students queued on Wednesday (Mar 18) to get vaccinated at the UK university campus at the ...

A targeted meningitis vaccination programme will begin within days at the University of Kent amid the “unprecedented” ...

Students at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus have begun receiving the meningitis B vaccine following an outbreak of ...

Budmouth Academy said an 'isolated' case was identified with a student being treated and has provided advice on how to identify symptoms, while health officials said parents should ensure their ...

A fast-moving cluster of meningococcal disease centred in Canterbury has claimed two young lives and infected at least 20 ...

A STUDENT at a Weymouth secondary school has contracted meningococcal disease - which can cause both meningitis and septicaemia. A letter, seen by the Echo, has been written to parents of students at ...

Pharmacists are now calling for an urgent vaccine catch-up programme targeting students in response to a deadly outbreak of ...

Pharmacies have run out of supply of the meningitis vaccine, according to the chairman of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA). Olivier Picard told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme there was currently ...

At least 20 young adults are believed to be infected, and two have died, in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in the county of Kent, in southeast England.

Deadly meningitis outbreak in Kent sparks a clamour to get vaccinated - what is the MenB vaccine and who can get it?

Symptoms of meningitis and sepsis can include a high temperature, cold hands and feet, vomiting, confusion, muscle and joint pain, pale, mottled or blotchy skin, spots or a rash, a headache, a stiff ...