{"id":358180,"date":"2026-03-21T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358180\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:16:13","slug":"luke-oneill-as-an-unprecedented-meningitis-outbreak-hits-england-heres-what-you-need-to-know-if-it-arrives-here-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358180\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke O\u2019Neill: As an unprecedented meningitis outbreak hits England, here\u2019s what you need to know if it arrives here &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPTHRyQVBoVDdkT1daT1pYcEZzY2prcjhDS3UxNWlXSUZNaTZ4aV9UUlM0TmxHT1ZPT2hvUjlISHJJSlhTeWM2WXNRdVdzc0hyQ3lKRDRxdW9MaGI4aF9WZDd2RlpmOGFiZVZsUFUtZUc4cEtkd0RITHF2b0NXcTBjWG91Ym1fTkRKckRjS2ZXc1A2UU8weGlCcnlNdjVCQmJqZlpfYTcwa0ZqMkRWRWtrOE0xRGt0ZFBoT3NuemE4bzU3Z1lIdnRXdHpmeDF2V3duRFRZUVo4TmlobWQyYUk0SEpfSFhsTjkwc1JfeFRWUE14MDNMaW9WMUdGRFVCUDA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luke O\u2019Neill: As an unprecedented meningitis outbreak hits England, here\u2019s what you need to know if it arrives here<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE9NRkJNdnZHLTlrUVB4eHg1Q05XV3BBcWlneGlqMUFFWFlTaG52NHk4WllObm9sYk0td0NEbWd3VlM4UjBqMG9GM2R2X0tOaHUzcURNNTBzanBLb3FqZEFKSGp3TDJlYU9LcW1n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Number of cases in UK meningitis outbreak rises to 34<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNUVpFMnl6bzByUnozQmdoZE9mbFhJRDg4ZkRnMlNoVHRDMUtVRFNCalhyNzZsdzJSZHBVOTAwb2F2OU5jVUZDSFF6QTNKSENyb3JLR2l4cVZla0NEbDFJMU15VWdQYWdxSHpkbHc5b19fZlZnTi1XQVA5c3c0emlFU2NkaGtEVlVRcUVBS1k4MGlzbklsSm0yckFpSDlWODQ3czIyNDg2bGtYUzdjalNvaE1RWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Something I\u2019ve never felt since Covid. It was scarier\u2019: the shock and pain of Kent\u2019s meningitis outbreak<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNTGtaNTQ4TUphblVXTk9WanVXekJ0WEdNVEJ5c1ExNGZfTmFjQVZHQzkxamRpQkh3YkhFMzVvUVhTNlBHM0ZNdGFkNmVqSGdhdWRNVUZ0X2NDVFhoTmw1VDhZTDJ6dUVZRG53Q0xTLXFaeGNLa19LUi1XTUdJcVp2QmFpWEJLaVdTRWZ3WThUMW5JYk1CandsMk10QkxKNmxGbTR6QUc1Q0VjSzYwSm5mdXk5Z3V6RUpGcGJTejBVQ0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What is invasive meningococcal disease and will the UK outbreak reach Ireland?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNTzVfZ3lpOWh5S2FQQ0Uya2M4anBvamtWYXdJQUZuQTh3UUtaWXB1N2dZNXZPOENNV1kwa1BCRWVibFdUVU5OcHNNSy1SSjZkanBmUW4ycVlQX1JkWUdsaTBYLXdsZFYwT18tOXpOWGZ1XzBfWUJVZ3BTRU9uM1V3bWJqbnRWYjhoc05iMFdKaDUzRDk3V0dWUTZyUEhDQ0RWX3RfMS1Sd19JMVhWdFNtQkV4SnNwWUpv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meningitis could spread outside Kent in &#8216;most likely&#8217; scenario, says health official<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke O\u2019Neill: As an unprecedented meningitis outbreak hits England, here\u2019s what you need to know if it arrives&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-358180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}