Hospital trust ‘missed earlier opportunity to raise alarm about meningitis case’ – The Irish News

A hospital trust has been accused of missing an earlier opportunity to alert health officials about a case of meningitis in Kent. A patient first presented to The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate on the evening of Wednesday March 11, the BBC reported. But the hospital did not report the case to … Read more

Meningitis cases in Kent drop as vaccine rollout continues – The Journal

Meningitis cases in Kent drop as vaccine rollout continues  The Journal Number of cases in UK meningitis outbreak rises to 34  RTE.ie Number of meningitis cases linked to fatal UK outbreak drops to 20  The Irish Times ‘Something I’ve never felt since Covid. It was scarier’: the shock and pain of Kent’s meningitis outbreak  The Guardian Over 8,000 meningitis … Read more

Family of teenager who died after meningitis outbreak in UK call for better protection – The Journal

Family of teenager who died after meningitis outbreak in UK call for better protection  The Journal Father of meningitis victim, 18, tells of family’s ‘immeasurable’ devastation  The Guardian Why is this meningitis outbreak so explosive?  BBC Meningitis outbreak: More vaccine centres to open after 100 students turned away  Sky News UK Meningitis outbreak: Students turned away for vaccines in … Read more

An ‘explosive’ meningitis B outbreak has killed two students in the UK. What are the symptoms?

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Vaccine drive targets 'super-spreader' event after meningitis kills two people at UK university – The Journal

Vaccine drive targets ‘super-spreader’ event after meningitis kills two people at UK university  The Journal Meningitis is back – and here is why | Devi Sridhar  The Guardian Students in Kent queue for medicine?after deadly meningitis B outbreak  The Irish Independent Meningitis outbreak being treated as national incident – as health secretary warns spread is ‘unprecedented’  Sky News Kent … Read more

How Christine McGuinness & Dan Osborne ‘comforted each other’ amid marriage breakdowns, had hotel meet & flirty nickname

REALITY stars Christine McGuinness and Dan Osborne comforted one another amid their marital woes, we can reveal. The pair sent flirty texts and model Christine said Dan had joined her for raucous nights out that helped lift her spirits after her split from radio and TV host husband Paddy. 6 Reality star Christine McGuinness exchanged … Read more

Teaching assistant sent naked pictures of herself to teen on Snapchat after calling him ‘good lad’ in X-rated messages

A PAEDO teaching assistant sent naked photos of herself to a teen boy on Snapchat after calling him a “good lad”. Chelsey Knox also asked the schoolboy, who is aged under 16, to send pictures of his privates after she began messaging him. 4 Chelsey Knox sent X-rated photos to a teen boyCredit: Facebook The … Read more

Major motorway used by 75,000 drivers per day is SHUT as car bursts into flames bringing ‘all traffic’ to a halt

A MAJOR motorway used by 75,000 drivers per day has been shut after a car burst into flames bringing “all traffic” to a halt. Diversions have been put in place by National Highways as drivers are warned to plan ahead. Traffic has been stopped on the westbound carriageway between Junction 3 for Chatham (Kent) and Junction 2 … Read more

‘One of a kind’ gran & her bull terrier killed by taxi that struck them on busy road in tragic crash

A GRAN and her bull terrier have been killed in a tragic crash after a taxi struck them on a busy road. Lynn Durling, a 60-year-old grandmother-of-four, was knocked down between the Chestfield and Greenhill roundabouts in Herne Bay, Kent on September 6. 2 A gran and her bull terrier have been killed in a … Read more