Meningitis B vaccine offered to UK babies

All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September, the government has announced.

The Men B vaccine will be given to babies at two months, four months and 12 months old.

The scheme, which has been delayed by cost disputes, is the world's first national and publicly-funded programme against the deadly infection.

Sophie Hutchinson reports.

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