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A major vaccination programme could be rolled out to protect teenagers from a deadly strain of meningitis after cases increased by 431 per cent.Public Health England plans to immunise youngsters aged 14 to 18 in an attempt to halt a meningitis W from spreading.The disease was found in 117 people last year – a rise from 22 cases in 2009.The increase was initially seen in adults but has now extended to all age groups.Young children have died from the bug for the first time in a decade and...