Fresh calls for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines have emerged in the United Kingdom after a teenage student from Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease.

One of the cases has been identified as meningitis B, the same strain linked to a cluster of fatal incidents in Kent earlier this year

A student at Henley College has died and two other young people are ill following an outbreak of meningitis in Reading, the UK Health Security Agency said

A student has died and two other young people are receiving treatment following a meningitis outbreak in Reading.

LONDON: A student in southern England has died after contracting suspected meningitis, health authorities said on Thursday, adding that two other young people were being treated…

Health officials say close contacts being offered antibiotics as a precaution after cases discovered in Reading

One young person has died and two others are being treated following an outbreak of meningitis in Reading, as the UKHSA issues a health warning

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Staff, students and parents at schools and colleges in Oxfordshire and Reading have been given advice on symptoms of meningitis B to watch for as one student has died and two…

There have been reports that two Berkshire schools have been linked to an outbreak of meningitis that caused the death of one student at Henley College. The students who are…

Lewis Waters, who attended Henley College in Oxfordshire, was one of three cases reported in the outbreak

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Health authorities in England are investigating a meningitis outbreak linked to schools and colleges in the Reading and Oxfordshire area after one student died and two other young…

Fresh calls for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines have emerged in the United Kingdom after a teenage student from Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease.

Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said the charity has long believed that the vaccine should be given to all teenagers and young adults.

A junior school pupil has become the fourth person to contract meningitis in an outbreak in Reading.

A junior school pupil is the fourth to contract meningitis after sixth-form student Lewis Waters, from The Henley College in Oxfordshire, died last week and two others fell ill