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UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 27: official

UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 27: official

The number of meningitis cases being probed by UK authorities has risen to 27, health officials said Thursday, following an unprecedented deadly outbreak centred on a university. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said in a statement: "15 laboratory cases are confirmed and 12 notifications remain under investigation, bringing

'Happened so fast': UK students panicked by meningitis outbreak

'Happened so fast': UK students panicked by meningitis outbreak

Hundreds of masked-up students queued Wednesday to get vaccinated at the UK university campus at the heart of a deadly meningitis outbreak, as the number of cases rose to 20. "It's quite a concerning thing. It all happened so fast," said Jack Jordan, a 19-

Vaccines facing misinformation spike: WHO experts

Vaccines facing misinformation spike: WHO experts

Vaccine programmes are being challenged by rising misinformation and an uncertain pipeline for research funding, the World Health Organization's immunisation experts said Wednesday. And the war in the Middle East will likely hamper the fight against polio, the WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation

Teen contracts meningitis after sharing vape with friends

Teen contracts meningitis after sharing vape with friends

By Jack Fifield A mom has recalled the terrifying hours in the lead up to her daughter being hospitaliZed with life-threatening meningitis - which she is believed to have caught after sharing her vape with her friends. Sian Alderton contracted bacterial meningitis B in October 2024 and was left vomiting

Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential

Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential

(MORGANTOWN, WV) Scientists are making rapid progress toward a long-awaited goal that could help to reshape cancer care: mRNA cancer vaccines with the potential to significantly boost the immune system’s ability to fight and eliminate tumors. Since the early 2000s, there have been over 120 promising clinical trials

US judge halts implementation of Trump vaccine overhaul

US judge halts implementation of Trump vaccine overhaul

A US judge on Monday dealt a blow to the Trump administration by blocking the government from implementing major vaccine policy changes made by health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The federal court in Massachusetts abruptly halted key components of the overhaul that vaccine skeptic Kennedy has rolled out over

South Africa's livestock farmers reel from foot-and-mouth disaster

South Africa's livestock farmers reel from foot-and-mouth disaster

Pointing at a calf lying motionless in a green field in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmer Igsahn Felix let out a heavy sigh. "That one is not going to make it," he said. Home to more than two head of cattle per person, the province