Entries by BBC News

Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak

The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled "unprecedented".

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Meningitis B: Your questions answered

BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B

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Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak

The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.

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‘I feel so grateful to be alive’: Meningitis survivor speaks to the BBC

Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.

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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

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I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma

Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.

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Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’

The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be "met with a little extra comfort".

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Hospital waiting lists in Wales see record drop

Wait times for planned care are falling but diagnostic and cancers waits are up, latest figures indicate.

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‘People with ADHD are great in a crisis’

'People with ADHD are great in a crisis'

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