UK Advisers Recommend Meningitis B Vaccine for Teenagers on NHS
Advisers to the UK government have recommended that teenagers aged 15 and over should be offered a meningitis B vaccine on the NHS. This proposal aims to extend protection against the disease to a wider age group.
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Teenagers from 15 should be given free MenB vaccine, say UK experts
Advisors are asking the government to consider introducing MenB jabs routinely for secondary school-aged people to better protect them.
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JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a baby Teenagers should be offered a vaccine on the NHS to protect against deadly meningitis B (menB), government advisers have recommended. The move by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which needs approval from the government, means young people should get a jab around the age of 15, with catch-up programmes for those who would otherwise miss out. Continue re...
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