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A recent study we’ve supported into the attitudes of pregnant women and healthcare professionals in the UK towards antenatal vaccination against Group B streptococcus has been published in a Scandinavian journal

Meningitis Now welcomes Health and Petitions committees' intervention in meningitis vaccine cost-effectiveness report delay

We’ve produced a short film to mark the two-year anniversary of the introduction of the Men B vaccine to the childhood immunisation programme, and to say thank you to all our supporters who played their part in reaching this stage

Vaccines are the only way to prevent meningitis. With the introduction of meningitis vaccines such as MenB, MenC, MenACWY, Hib and Pneumococcal many thousands of cases have been prevented

A group of parents who lost their teenage children to meningitis are joining forces to encourage other parents to get their children vaccinated

Public Health England (PHE) is working closely with Surrey County Council and NHS partners following three confirmed cases of meningitis among students at the University of Surrey.

Boots have reintroduced a limited supply of the life-saving Men B vaccine for 2 to 21 year olds. The vaccine is only available through the NHS immunisation programme for babies born after 1 May 2015.

Today the government has issued a response to the petition for the Men B vaccine to be extended to all children

We welcome the news, announced this weekend, that the Welsh Government will be introducing two new lifesaving vaccines this summer