Meningitis B vaccine rejected
A vaccine that protects against a potentially deadly form of meningitis should not be offered to children in the UK, immunisation experts have said.
Meningitis B jab 'would save lives'
Meningitis charities said thousands of lives could be saved if children had access to a vaccine that was today rejected by the Government.
Sue Davie, chief executive of the Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK, said:
Meningitis UK estimates that there are 1,870 cases of meningitis B each year in the UK. It says that one in 10 people affected will die.
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