Monday, August 3, 2015

New meningitis vaccine to be offered to UK teenagers and students

MenACWY vaccine will be introduced for 14-18-year-olds as well as students under age of 25 attending university for the first time this autumn

Students and teenagers across Britain will be offered a new meningitis vaccine to protect them against an outbreak of a highly aggressive variant of the disease.

Cases of meningitis W (MenW) have been on the rise since 2009, and in February the government’s joint committee on vaccination and immunisation declared an outbreak in England and Wales.

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