For decades, MenB has been the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in the UK and Ireland. Today, meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia remain the leading infectious cause of death for children under five in the UK.
The first political party to hold a national convention for this purpose was the Republican Party.
Nominated for President on the eighth ballot at the 1888 Republican Convention, Benjamin Harrison conducted one of the first front-porch campaigns, delivering short speeches to delegations that visited him in Indianapolis.