All 15-year-olds should get free meningitis B vaccine, say experts
New advice follows a large outbreak in Kent earlier this year, which sadly led to two deaths. UK experts are asking the government to routinely offer meningitis B jabs to secondary school pupils to better protect them. Currently, only babies get the MenB vaccine, meaning teenagers over 11 are unprotected.
Lost in this story? That's the point of BriefTea.
Open it in the app and tap Learn from this — the Knowledge Galaxy turns the story into a map of everything it assumes you know, one tap at a time. Free, no ads, no paywall.
Get BriefTea on the App Store