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A rapid surge of meningitis cases in Kent has health officials scrambling. Twenty infections reported since Friday defy usual patterns, with authorities now treating it as a potential outbreak. Experts warn of close-contact transmission risks amid fears of wider spread.
Joe Kent, the nation’s top counterterrorism official, resigned in protest over the Trump administration’s Iran policy, calling Tehran ‘no imminent threat.’ The move exposes fractures within Trump’s camp as UK health authorities declare a meningitis outbreak a national incident, with cases surging in Kent.
Megan Draper, 19, died from preventable Meningitis B in 2025 despite attending university. Her parents now push for government action to expand vaccine coverage and parental awareness campaigns.