Health

Time Running Out for Young People to Get UK Meningitis B Vaccines

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Only 28.2% of eligible 18 and 19-year-olds have received their first MenB vaccine dose.

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The deadline to receive the first dose is 31 December.

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University freshers face a risk roughly seven times higher than non-students.

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Three deaths occurred earlier this year during outbreaks in Kent, Dorset, and Berkshire.

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