Students at the University of Kent in the U.K. are calling for a shutdown in light of an active meningitis outbreak. The demands follow multiple alerts from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) about ...

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The UK meningitis outbreak may worsen in coming weeks and months, with further contamination unrelated to the southeastern county of Kent where it first emerged. There is a risk that the epidemic will ...

A meningitis outbreak in Kent has been caused by a strain of bacteria that appears to be genetically distinct from anything scientists have seen before. Health officials are working urgently to ...

A measles outbreak that began at Ave Maria University in Collier County, Florida, appears to be slowing down. Collier County has reported 104 measles cases, which is the majority of the 132 cases ...

Two young people are dead and 20 are receiving treatment after a meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent. The students caught up in it belong to a generation that has never been routinely ...

As quickly as it exploded earlier this year into the fastest-growing measles outbreak in decades, South Carolina’s infections are now dwindling toward what officials are hopeful is an end. Vigilance ...

The UK raised the alarm over a meningitis outbreak as health authorities advised antibiotics and started a targeted vaccination program for prevention. The country’s Health Security Agency warned of a ...