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.
After organizational meetings in 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin, and Jackson, Michigan, the Republican Party was born. In 1856 the Republicans nominated their first presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, frÃ©mont a former explorer who opposed the expansion of slavery in New.U. s territories and. states