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  "textContent": "Two young people have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent. According to BBC reporting, a further 11 individuals are critically ill in hospital. The first individual to die was an as-yet-unnamed student at the University of Kent. The second was Juliette, a year-13 student at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham. The outbreak is […]\n\nBy Alex/Rose Cocker",
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