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MenB vaccine is working
Public Health England findings show the number of MenB cases dropped by 42% amongst under 1s since the introduction of the vaccine. -
JCVI rejects vaccine for under 2s
The Joint Committee of Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) has rejected the call made by 823,000 concerned individuals who signed the Men B petition, by deciding not to extend the vaccine to under 2s. -
Boots reintroduce MenB vaccine
Boots have reintroduced a limited supply of the life-saving MenB vaccine for 2 to 21 year olds. The vaccine is only available through the NHS immunisation programme for babies born after 1 May 2015. -
We’ll keep fighting
In response to yesterday’s parliamentary debate to extend the meningococcal B (Men B) vaccine Meningitis Now CEO Liz Brown said: -
MPs to debate MenB vaccine in Parliament
Today's debate directly reflects the concerns of the 820,000 people who read the Faye Burdett story and signed the biggest ever parliamentary petition to prevent another child suffering or dying from this devastating disease -
Campaign to extend the use of Men B vaccine
As the next stage in our Beat it Now! campaign we’re calling on Government and GPs to extend the use of the meningococcal group B (Men B) vaccine to all children within a family where there has been a case of meningitis -
Welsh Government announcement on MenB vaccine
We have welcomed today’s announcement from the Welsh Government of £7.7 million funding so all babies in the country can be vaccinated against Meningitis B -
Read all about it!
The latest issue of our News magazine, updating supporters on everything that’s been happening or is about to happen at Meningitis Now, is dropping onto doormats this week -
Twelve months of madness to fight meningitis
An Alfreton man has taken on ’12 months of madness’ to say thank you for his daughter’s recovery from meningitis -
Monumental Day For Meningitis Movement
Negotiations have finally been concluded with vaccine manufacturer GSK for life saving Meningococcal Group B (MenB) vaccine -
Young Meningitis Heroes
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Department of Health’s announcement that the UK’s first Meningitis B (MenB) vaccine will be in the childhood immunisation programme, subject to price negotiations -
Beat it Now! campaign goes to the heart of Government
Eleven of our Young Ambassadors took our Beat it Now! campaign right to the heart of Government on the invitation of David Cameron. -
Menb vaccine 2nd anniversary and still no implementation
Second anniversary and still no vaccine, in that time some 24 UK children under one – one a month – could have died of the disease. -
Bexsero news - NHS Public Health Functions Agreement
We are delighted that the UK’s first Meningitis B vaccine will be swiftly rolled out after price negotiations resolve