{"id":44514,"date":"2026-03-23T12:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=44514"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:36:18","slug":"meningitis-cases-rise-across-uk-as-health-officials-issue-urgent-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2026\/03\/23\/meningitis-cases-rise-across-uk-as-health-officials-issue-urgent-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis\u00a0cases rise across UK as health officials issue\u00a0urgent alerts\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/meningitis-edited1_1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a rise in meningitis cases, prompting public health concerns. The UK Health Security Agency has urged people to remain alert to symptoms and seek urgent care. Vaccination and&nbsp;early treatment&nbsp;are key as authorities work to&nbsp;contain&nbsp;the spread and protect communities nationwide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a rise in meningitis cases, prompting public health concerns. The UK Health Security Agency has urged people to remain alert to symptoms and seek urgent care. Vaccination and&nbsp;early treatment&nbsp;are key as authorities work to&nbsp;contain&nbsp;the spread and protect communities nationwide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":44519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1763,1623],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44520,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44514\/revisions\/44520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}