Medical experts want a vaccine for rotavirus, the commonest cause of severe diarrhoea in young children, to be included in the State’s primary childhood immunisation programme.

Fears have arisen that the number of cases of potentially fatal meningococcal diseases will have increased considerably by the year end.

A lifesaving vaccine against the deadliest form of meningitis has been approved by EU scientists but it will take at least a year before it is available in Ireland, the country which has the highest rate of the disease in Europe.

A WOMAN who lost both legs after contracting meningitis is warning others to spot the signs of the potentially killer disease.

A woman who lost both legs after contracting meningitis is warning others to spot the signs of the potentially killer disease.