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The Latest Breaking News from the University of Kent

Kent’s meningitis outbreak was years in the making – here’s why

Two young people are dead and 20 are receiving treatment after a meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent. The students caught up in it belong to a generation that has never been routinely vaccinated against the strain responsible.

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Nine-month-old baby girl battles meningitis in intensive care as outbreak continues

Nala-Rose Fletcher will be left with lasting difficulties for the rest of her life, her parents said

The Independent UK

Number of meningitis cases investigated in Kent rises to 20

Thousands of students to be offered vaccines in response to quickest-growing outbreak experts have seen

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Author Michael Rosen speaks out about teen son’s death from meningitis

Eddie had been put to bed after taking ibuprofen and paracetamol, and was dead by morning

The Independent UK

Author Michael Rosen urges people to ‘look everywhere’ for meningitis rash

The children’s author’s son, Eddie, died from the infection in 1999 aged 18.

Evening Standard

Students in halls in Kent to be offered meningitis B vaccine over coming days

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), including two deaths.

Evening Standard

Baby critically ill as 'unprecedented' meningitis outbreak spreads

A nine-month-old is in intensive care as the number of cases reaches 15 and officials warn the figure may still rise

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Meningitis: Health chiefs dealing with ‘explosive’ and ‘unprecedented’ outbreak

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency, including two deaths.

Evening Standard

‘It’s like Covid II’: Canterbury’s student hangouts left empty by meningitis scare

Many have left for the Easter holiday early after in-person university assessments were cut and exams moved online

The Guardian - UK

Streeting defends response to ‘unprecedented’ meningitis B outbreak as cases ‘linked to super-spreader event’

‘Highest number of cases seen in one weekend,’ says UKHSA chief as health secretary defends agency’s speed of action

The Independent UK

Meningitis B outbreak: Inside UK health agency response to Kent crisis which left two dead

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in Kent

The Independent UK

Kent meningitis outbreak: a timeline of the health authorities’ response

The cases recorded so far have all been linked to a nightclub popular with students in Canterbury

The Guardian - UK

Meningitis outbreak: Students in university halls in Kent to be offered vaccine

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said most students would not already be vaccinated against meningitis B.

Evening Standard

Surge in pharmacy bookings for meningitis jabs amid Kent outbreak

Superdrug told the Press Association that bookings for its service are 65 times higher than a week ago.

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The Guardian - UK

Kent students to be offered targeted meningitis B jabs after two more cases

Vaccination programme to be launched on Canterbury campus as strain B of disease identified in fatal outbreak

The Independent UK

Meningitis B latest: Health chiefs dealing with unprecedented ‘super-spreader’ event as outbreak reaches London

‘This is by far the quickest-growing outbreak I’ve ever seen,’ says deputy chief medical officer as 15 cases recorded

The Independent UK

Meningitis B confirmed as strain behind deadly Kent outbreak

Some cases of meningitis in Kent have been confirmed as meningitis B, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told the Press Association, adding it will confirm the other cases “when we have the full results”.

The Independent UK

Meningitis outbreak: Students queue for medication in ‘Covid-esque’ scenes

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Evening Standard

People who attended nightclub urged to get antibiotics amid meningitis outbreak

A Year 13 pupil in Faversham and a student at the University of Kent have died in the outbreak.

The Independent UK

Headteacher pays tribute to student who died after meningitis outbreak

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Evening Standard

Pictured: Teenager who died in Canterbury meningitis outbreak as family 'beyond devastated'

Juliette’s head teacher said she was ‘kind, thoughtful and intelligent’

The Independent UK

Nightclub customers urged to ‘come forward’ for treatment after meningitis outbreak

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The Guardian - UK

‘The videos are terrifying’: students describe spreading panic amid Kent meningitis outbreak

Students queue for antibiotics in Canterbury and worry about who they have been in contact with, as exams are moved online

The Independent UK

University students queue for antibiotics amid meningitis outbreak

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Evening Standard

Meningitis outbreak latest: Mother's fear for daughter with infection as third school confirms case

Casey Marlow fell critically ill days after attending a club night in Canterbury that has been linked to the outbreak

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