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Leon’s story about meningitis
Meningitis Research Foundation member Cat Barker from Milton Keynes whose son Leon contracted meningococcal septicaemia in January 2007, when he was 18 months old, shares her story with us. “Leon was in a coma for a week on life support for nearly 2 weeks and all in all spent just over a month in hospital…
New meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccine Bexsero®
Meningitis kills more children under five than any other infectious disease in the UK and meningococcal group B (MenB) is the leading cause. Babies are most at risk; one in ten of those who contract meningitis will die and up to one in five survivors will suffer life-long complications that can be as severe as…
New Meningitis B vaccine one step closer
Meningitis B is responsible for an average of 1870 cases across the UK each year, mostly in young children. Around 1 in 10 people affected will die, and a further 1 in 10 survivors will be left with serious after-effects, such as limb amputations, deafness, blindness, and brain damage. The leading meningitis charity Meningitis Research…
Advice on Whooping Cough
Whooping cough is an extremely contagious disease and affects the respiratory system; even if only one person in a family has it, everyone else will be 90 per cent more likely to develop the condition. Caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, whooping cough mainly affects children younger than 6 months, presenting as a “whooping” sound…
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First UK Routine Rotavirus Vaccination Programme
Most of us know that our children need to be vaccinated, but we don’t always know which vaccines our children need at specific ages. The Department of Health have announced the first UK Routine Rotavirus Vaccination Programme. Rotavirus gets its name from the fact that, under a microscope, the virus resembles a wheel. And you…
Be prepared for….Immunisations
During the first five years, your child will receive a number of immunisations, starting from as young as two months old. Watching a tiny baby or a young child have an injection can be a daunting experience, however these steps will help prepare both you and your child… What and when Before jab time During…
Whooping cough protection for newborns
Pregnant women are soon to be offered the opportunity to protect their newborn baby from whooping cough following a rise in cases and deaths amongst young infants. Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies has announced today that the programme due to begin next week, aims to boost the short-term immunity passed on by pregnant…
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Question: Going on holiday
Q: ”My husband and I wish to start trying for a baby after Christmas. However, as a treat to ourselves, we have booked a two-week holiday to the Far East for early in February. If I happened to get pregnant before we went, would I be safe to go – or if I wasn’t pregnant before…
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Question: Measles, Mumps & Rubella vaccine
Q: “My son is now nearly four and a half and had the MMR vaccine at a year with no significant problems. He has now been called for his second MMR vaccination. Is the vaccine always given in two stages? I have seen several references to it being given as a single injection at 12-15 months,…
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Mum campaigns for Meningitis B to be part of childhood immunisation
A woman from Kent who survived meningitis is calling on the public to push for a Men B vaccine (meningococcal group B disease) as she knows first-hand of the devastating effects of the disease. Meningitis and septicaemia are deadly diseases that can strike anyone without warning, killing one in ten, and leaving a quarter of…
