{"id":491317,"date":"2026-03-23T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491317\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:52:08","slug":"meningitis-outbreak-passes-peak-says-health-agency-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491317\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis outbreak passes peak, says health agency &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFB2ODYxeTE0UGZ1Tk9pbHFqcU1jRXNlaF9leVRJQXBTNVF2YTVBaklhaEFWdDVRMXRES2FPQTZwTG9BekwyNVYxb2NfOVpEcW9zX2U4NkNseDRCZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meningitis outbreak passes peak, says health agency<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE84WEJ0azVWMFZiVHB2aE9ZR1lNZkFqVzNRMlN1Z2d0UFZGd2pLQkhfMzllUkU2NGJ3eFdudGVmZWpjWDlxXzdSZ05rdElzLXpCZWVJWEE0aFVjbzFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kent meningitis outbreak passed its peak, says UKHSA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxORFlZb0tsTTBBNnhmRUJEN0VOWFk3SjNFRlAwVkNtNXI3QndpQVp2NE1KSnBCT0pLdGNHNE9xeS1WblRNNkdLX1dtV19WUnIxLVFLWGRmbUgta21LOGRtcEF3YS05V0w4UHd6US1vb0c3cDQ5S1liVzdlRWR5SHBwX0RNOE9LWGlWenFEUkpOMVo1XzZFN19r?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GOV.UK<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNdnF3ZnI2dXhiZHp1aU5zYk9SQTFRUWhmOFM5ZzRTeVViYWQ0akVUWGR6NXc0OUgzU01NaThYcWMtLTl4LV9TS0RDZ2ZzbXJUMmpmNXlaeFpYMy1lSndoNV95ZEVWTkR3TlB5Ql9sWDZ3ZV9FQ2lndEwtMnM1VWswdWNwWDIxRFFr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meningitis outbreak: what you need to know<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GOV.UK blogs<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQZkNpWlAtVnU4V1NVMGtMVmFpVG05aVo1SVRXbEJLMkFLMGpaTjUxV0lYdHVjOGNXUDY1a09ZMG56SEVsdlVJaTJ5UU1VWlZrblFQZTRUWG4yTll5aXRtSDRjSkZEbS1pM21GQjF3M0xVZjkxZ3ViZGJKc0dSYXpmTnpaQmlkanhVOFZ3QTBxR3dWZUUtVE1BVlV4OWd3a2ctLVUwTmlwYkNrQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meningitis B latest: Streeting praises \u2018herculean efforts\u2019 of NHS staff<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meningitis outbreak passes peak, says health agency&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCKent meningitis outbreak passed its peak, says UKHSA&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCCases of invasive meningococcal disease&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-491317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}