Protecting teenagers in the UK against meningitis
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It’s really important for teenagers to be protected from meningitis and septicaemia. Although babies and young children are most vulnerable to these diseases, teenagers and students are the next most at-risk group.
Meningitis and septicaemia are deadly diseases that can strike without warning, killing one in ten of those affected, and leaving a third of survivors with life-altering after-effects that can be as severe as deafness, brain damage and loss of limbs.
- Meningitis is the inflammatio...
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