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Keep Watching for meningitis
Today, in support of World Meningitis Day, the UK’s leading meningitis charities have joined forces to call on parents to educate themselves about bacterial meningitis, an illness that kills more children under five in the UK than any other infectious disease[i]. With the UK highlighted as one of the top three meningitis hotspots in Europe[ii],…
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…
Meningococcal Group B Vaccine could be on its way
The Meningococcal Group B Vaccine is waiting approval and highlights Novartis’ leadership position in the global fight against meningococcal disease. Novartis receives positive CHMP opinion for groundbreaking Meningococcal Group B Vaccine to help prevent devastating MenB infections, the leading cause of meningitis in Europe. Meningococcal serogroup B (MenB), the leading cause of meningitis and septicaemia…
Common cold virus to help develop new meningitis vaccine
Pioneering researchers are hoping that developing a new meningitis vaccine by inserting part of the bacterium inside a harmless version of the cold virus, could be key to providing effective protection against the devastating condition. The project is being funded by children’s charity Action Medical Research. Case study: Cieran’s story Cieran was just nine-months-old when…
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How to recognise the signs of meningitis
Have you ever had a meningitis scare? According to our recent research*, six out of 10 parents wouldn’t feel confident about recognising the signs of meningitis. Although 3,000 people in the UK are affected by all types of bacterial meningitis each year, it is children and babies under 5-years-old are most at risk because they…
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Meningitis Matters campaign
Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) campaigners are descending on Parliament on Tuesday 13th December to ensure meningitis remains a top public health priority at a time of radical reforms of the NHS. The Meningitis Matters campaign has been launched as a result of proposed changes which may destabilise progress that has been made to control meningitis…
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Meningitis C vaccine
Babies across the United Kingdom are to be offered the meningitis C vaccine, at the same time as their routine vaccinations. Children due to get their routine vaccinations at around two, three, four and 13 months will be offered the new jab at the same time. Meningitis C kills one in every ten people affected. When it will be…
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The Pneumococcal vaccine
What changes are being introduced? There will be three main changes to the current vaccination program in the UK. Routine pneumococcal vaccine is being introduced The MenC vaccine will be re-spaced to 3, 4 and 12 months There will be a booster of Hib at 12 months Are these changes necessary? Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam…
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