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Early meningitis symptoms to look out for

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What are the symptoms of meningitis and is there a vaccine?

Two people have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent.

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Meningitis B: The infection spread through sneezing and kissing

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Early meningitis symptoms to look out for after Canterbury outbreak

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Students in Kent university halls to be offered meningitis vaccine as Streeting calls outbreak 'unprecedented'

The Meningitis B vaccine will be offered to some students at the University of Kent in a "targeted" programme to tackle the deadly outbreak, the health secretary says

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Meningitis strain behind horror Kent outbreak that killed 2 revealed after mutation fears

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Pictured: Grammar school pupil who died in meningitis outbreak

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Meningitis B is the strain behind outbreak of cases in Kent, UKHSA tells BBC

On the ground in Kent, four schools have confirmed cases, St Patrick's Day events have been cancelled, and demand for the jab has surged at pharmacies offering it privately.

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BREAKING: Meningitis UK outbreak spreads to France after students travel abroad

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Meningitis outbreak LIVE: Schoolgirl who died during outbreak pictured

Uni student among 2 dead in Kent meningitis outbreak

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2 people dead, 11 others 'seriously ill' amid university outbreak of still-unidentified virus strain

One University of Kent student is confirmed to have died as of Sunday, March 15, a spokesperson for the college told PEOPLE

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Uni student among two dead in Kent meningitis outbreak

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Student and sixth-form pupil die after outbreak of meningitis in Kent

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Family 'beyond devastated' by meningitis death as hundreds get antibiotics

A father has confirmed his 18-year-old daughter was one of two young people to have died in a meningitis outbreak in Kent, saying the family are "beyond devastated and they have no words to express th...

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Meningitis outbreak update as 15 cases of deadly infection confirmed

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Kent students warned not to ignore 'hangover-like' symptoms after meningitis deaths

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Two young people die following UK meningitis outbreak

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had been notified of 13 cases with signs and symptoms of meningitis from Friday to yesterday in the Canterbury area of Kent.

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University student and sixth form pupil die as 11 fall ill in meningitis outbreak

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Third school confirms meningitis outbreak as parents’ fume after health chiefs ‘were warned but didn’t raise alarm’

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Meningitis outbreak latest: 'Devastated' family releases photo of schoolgirl who died as strain of infection identified

The family of a sixth-form pupil who died from meningitis in Kent say they are "beyond devasted". Health officials have identified the strain behind some cases in the deadly outbreak. Follow the latest.

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Kent meningitis outbreak: Woman shares symptoms after two student deaths

"I woke up in the morning and I literally thought I had a cold. I booked a doctor's appointment because my throat was hurting and I thought 'is it a cold? Is it tonsillitis?'"