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Are UK students at risk of more deadly meningitis outbreaks?


The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has asked independent experts in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to look again at the decision not to vaccinate teenagers. There have been separate calls to consider an immunisation programme for university students because of their greater risk.



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