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The meningitis outbreak in Kent, in southeastern England, is caused by a bacterial infection and is therefore contagious, contrary to a misleading Facebook post that gained traction on X claiming ...

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The UK Health Security Agency has now said the number of cases linked to the outbreak has reached 29. This includes 18 ...

To help in the fight against antibiotic overuse and resistance, researchers have developed a new wound dressing material that ...