The parents of a student who died from Meningitis B (MenB) say they fear another outbreak like Kent could happen without a wider rollout of the MenB vaccine. Helen and Lee Draper's 18-year-old ...

Health officials responded by rolling out antibiotics and a vaccine against the meningitis B (MenB) strain, with the second dose becoming available from 13 April. People who had a first dose at least ...

This article features advice from Dr Tom Nutt, of Meningitis Now, Professor Adam Finn of the University of Bristol, and Professor Emma Wall, clinical professor of infectious diseases at Queen Mary ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations have been updated for the meningococcal serogroup B MenB-4C vaccine (Bexsero), in accordance with the updated U.S. Food and Drug ...

Meningitis B, known as MenB, is the strain of bacteria behind the outbreak of meningitis cases in young people in Kent, experts have confirmed. It is rarer but far more serious than viral meningitis ...

The UK has recently seen a resurgence of meningococcal B (MenB) disease, with a cluster of cases in Kent described as "unprecedented" by the health secretary, Wes Streeting. As attention turns from ...

Pfizer’s two-year run with the only 5-in-1 meningococcal vaccine on the U.S. market has come to an end. Now, GSK is ready to play catch-up after nabbing its own FDA approval. The FDA approved the ...

Antibiotics are being offered to students at Budmouth Academy and Wey Valley schools over the weekend Temporary traffic routes are in place in Weymouth as students head to a secondary school for ...

Meningococcal vaccines lower your risk of bacterial meningitis and other illnesses from Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. U.S. vaccines include MenACWY (A, C, W, Y), MenB (B), and MenABCWY (A, B, C, W, ...

The UK has recently seen a resurgence of meningococcal B (MenB) disease, with a cluster of cases in Kent described as “unprecedented” by the health secretary, Wes Streeting. As attention turns from ...