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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Jane Kirby and Ella Pickover

One million young people to be offered meningitis B vaccine on NHS after deadly outbreaks

The meningitis B vaccine will be offered to around one million people - (PA)

Around a million Year 13 pupils and those under 25 embarking on university or residential further education this autumn will be offered a meningitis B (MenB) vaccine, the government has announced.

The initiative follows a series of outbreaks, most notably a cluster in Kent earlier this year that tragically claimed the lives of two teenagers.

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