Vaccine schedule change helps protect babies earlier against meningitis B

• Meningitis B vaccine schedule has been adjusted to provide earlier protection for infants, with implications for GP recall systems and parental counselling
• MMRV uptake shows encouraging early adoption rates, though this requires continued monitoring to sustain coverage gains
• Persistent measles immunisation gaps across England demand targeted interventions to identify and reach undervaccinated populations in primary care

There has been good early uptake of chickenpox-containing MMRV, but a measles coverage gap persists across England.

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