{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/69b9cae940ff3ead63905f09?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is London on the brink of a meningitis outbreak?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1773783735505-b9235b57-88cd-417a-9731-01eb5a0420aa.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A student nightclub in Canterbury, Kent, is at the centre of a meningitis B outbreak that has so far caused over a dozen hospitalisations and two deaths.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, host Tamara Kormornick speaks to immunisation specialist Dr Helen Burford, who is a professor of Children's Health at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. They discuss the difference between meningitis strains, why this variant might have spread in a nightclub and whether Londoners need to take action to protect their health.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}