Health officials are attempting to prevent the meningitis outbreak from spreading beyond Kent after confirming the strain, which has killed two students and left 11 gravely sick, is group B. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said some cases of meningitis have been confirmed as MenB, and it will confirm other cases ‘when we haveContinue reading “Meningitis Outbreak Threatens London”
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There Has Been An Outbreak Of Meningitis
A meningitis outbreak said to be linked to a nightclub has killed two young people and left 11 others seriously ill. The victims, who have not been named, are believed to be aged between 17 and 21. One was identified as a sixth-form student at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in neighbouring Faversham, while the otherContinue reading “There Has Been An Outbreak Of Meningitis”
ARCTIC FREEZE
Britain is beginning 2026 with a brutal cold snap that has health and social care chiefs on high alert because of the deadly risks posed to the elderly and vulnerable. Temperatures plunged to nearly –10C in Aberdeenshire overnight as people brought in the New Year. Health chiefs and forecasters have issued warnings over harsh wintryContinue reading “ARCTIC FREEZE”
A Scorcher Of 31C Today In The UK
In many regions of the UK, temperatures are expected to soar to 31 degrees Celsius today when thousands of festivalgoers go to Glastonbury. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued yellow heat health alerts across most of England, while NHS leaders have said the service is expecting ‘major disruption’. Although it is expected to be extremelyContinue reading “A Scorcher Of 31C Today In The UK”
The United Kingdom Has Monkeypox
Health bosses said that Monkeypox is in the United Kingdom and now two more people have been diagnosed with it in cases not connected to the previous infection. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that one of the two people, who live in the same household, is being treated in a hospital. The cases,Continue reading “The United Kingdom Has Monkeypox”