Putting a price on a child's life

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3066, 2016, pág. 31
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It is, they say, a matter of life and death. The parliamentary petition to give the new meningitis B vaccine to all UK children has had more than 800,000 signatures--the highest number on record--and this week parents of children affected by the disease gave evidence to MPs. The vaccine was introduced for babies under one year old in Sep 2015, but the government says it isn't cost-effective for older children. Meningitis is one of the most feared childhood illnesses because of the way it can progress with terrifying speed to kill or maim those who were running around just the day before