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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T18:41:08.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA student has died and two others are being treated for meningitis in Reading, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed.\n\nThe student who has died attended Henley College in Oxfordshire, a GP surgery confirmed.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOne of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind the fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "New meningitis outbreak declared in Britain as student pronounced dead"
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