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🚨 Meningitis B: UK launches vaccine programme to protect students after fatal outbreaks

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Last updated: 17/06/2026 13:06
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🚨 Breaking Newsvia BMJ Latest

Thousands of young people across England, Wales, and Scotland will be offered the meningitis B (MenB) vaccine for the first time this summer.123Eligible students—those finishing year 13 this summer (aged 17 and 18), together with people under 25 starting university or other residential further education—will be offered two doses of the vaccine, at least four weeks apart, before they start further education this autumn.The programme is being launched after the major outbreak seen in Kent in March, which led to…

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