Teenagers and Students in Bolton Urged to Get Meningitis B Vaccine

Teenagers and students in Bolton urged to get meningitis B vaccine

Teenagers are being urged to get vaccinated before heading off to university.

Thousands vaccinated against potentially deadly meningitis B in NHS programme

The time-limited programme offers two doses of the MenB vaccine to eligible young people.

A Level Results Day: young people off to university urged to get MenB vaccine before term starts

As many students celebrate their A Level results today, the NHS in south east London is urging eligible young people to treat getting vaccinated as an important part of preparing for university, alongside sorting accommodation and student finance. Students heading to university are at increased risk because MenB bacteria can spread through close contact such as kissing, sharing drinks or vapes, and living in shared accommodation. MenB can cause …

A Level Results Day: University-bound Londoners urged to get MenB vaccine

As hundreds of thousands of students celebrate their A Level results today, the NHS in London is warning freshers that they face a MenB risk seven times higher than young people who don’t go to university, and is urging them to get vaccinated before term starts. London, with the highest concentration of students in the country, is a potential hotspot for the disease, which spreads through kissing, sharing drinks or vapes, and the close contact o…

Stone students urged to get MenB vaccine before heading to university > A Little Bit of Stone

Stone students heading to university this autumn are being urged to book their free NHS MenB vaccinations before leaving home.