Event Brief
UK experts urge free MenB vaccine for all teens 15+
Filed: Jul 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM ET
Summary: UK experts recommend offering free meningitis B vaccination to all teenagers over 15 after a Kent outbreak.
WHO: UK experts
WHAT: Recommended routine free MenB vaccination for all teenagers over 15
WHEN: Jul 16, 2026 at 10:42 AM ET
WHERE: United Kingdom
WHY: Concerns over the UK's largest and fastest-growing MenB outbreak in Kent earlier this year, in which two people died.
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