Meningitis B vaccine approved
A new Meningitis B vaccine, approved for UK use today, "will save thousands of lives, especially among children under five, who are most at risk from the disease", according to Meningitis UK.
Next stage for new meningitis vaccine
Professor Simon Kroll, a Paediatric and Meningitis specialist, has described the next stage for the vaccine:
"The next stage is discussion between the Department of Health and the manufacturers, and ultimately it's up to Government to decide how the vaccine is introduced in to the schedule - but we haven't got that point yet."
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New Meningitis B vaccine approved for UK use
The new vaccine is the first to be licensed specifically for Meningitis B, one of the deadliest and most common strains of the disease.
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