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 Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention; these delegates in turn directly elect the Republican Party's presidential nominee.ith Ohio Governor John Kasich âs announcement on July 21, the field reached 16 candidates, and thus officially became the largest presidential field in the history of the Republican Party, surpassing 1948.