Meningitis — Entidade

theguardian.com·há 30 dias

Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government

JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had vaccine as a babyAll teenagers across the UK should be offered a meningitis vaccine on the NHS follo

theguardian.com·há 3 meses

One dead and two more ill after meningitis outbreak in Berkshire

Health officials say close contacts being offered antibiotics as a precaution after cases discovered in ReadingA young person has died and two others are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis

thenakedscientists.com·há 3 meses

Meningitis under the microscope

Today, we put meningitis under the microscope. Robin May at the UK Health Security Agency explains this group of conditions and how his team might respond to an incident; Kat Sharrocks at Addenbrooke'

theguardian.com·há 5 meses

No new meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak reported, health agency says

UKHSA says on Monday morning there has been no change since 20 cases had been confirmed by SundayThere have been no new cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent reported, the UK Health Securi

theguardian.com·há 5 meses

‘Something I’ve never felt since Covid. It was scarier’: the shock and pain of Kent’s meningitis outbreak

How infections linked to a nightclub escalated into a public health incident requiring a national response is a puzzle experts are still grappling withTyra Skinner had already been violently sick thre

theguardian.com·há 5 meses

The Guardian view on meningitis in Kent: we must not take public health systems for granted | Editorial

This frightening outbreak is not yet over, and serves as a reminder of why plans to manage infectious diseases exist The public health measures taken in response to this month’s meningitis outbreak in

theguardian.com·há 5 meses

Father of meningitis victim, 18, tells of family’s ‘immeasurable’ devastation

Michael Kenny’s daughter Juliette, a sixth-former at a school in Kent, died one day after showing symptomsThe father of an 18-year-old school pupil who died after the meningitis outbreak in Kent said

thenakedscientists.com·há 5 meses

Meningitis in Kent, and sonic hedgehogs

Coming up, we explore an outbreak of meningitis in the English county of Kent. Will a targeted vaccination campaign bring it under control? Plus, a fast diagnostic swab test that may help diagnose sch