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.
The first two political parties, the Democratic-Republicans (also referred to simply as the Republicans, though they have no connection to the modern Republican party) and theâ¦ Federalists, emerged in the Election of 1796, the first contested US presidential election.