Paul Hunter
Professor of Medicine at the University of East Anglia and expert on meningitis and public health, offering clinical explanation and analysis of the outbreak.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 30min
Kent's meningitis outbreak - how it exploded, can it be stopped?
Professor Paul Hunter, a medicine professor and meningitis expert, explains clinical causes and containment challenges. Eleanor Hayward, health editor at The Times, recounts the Kent nightclub cluster and public health response. They discuss how a club night became a super-spreader event, who was affected, vaccine supply issues and the urgent tracing and antibiotics efforts.
Mar 19, 2026 • 8min
The Meningitis outbreak: How serious is it?
Paul Hunter, a medical microbiology professor at UEA, gives expert analysis on the outbreak's unusual dynamics. Eliza Gill, a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases, explains meningitis B transmission, symptoms, and vaccine context. They discuss the rapid cluster in Kent, contact tracing and antibiotic prophylaxis, vaccine gaps among students, and implications for wider spread and pharmacy demand.
