News & Stories
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Emily and George's story
Emily and Adam’s young son George became ill at just six days old in October 2019 with viral meningitis. He then developed myocarditis and the family was told to expect the worst
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Neil's story
Neil, from Dursley in Gloucestershire, was on holiday with family members when he became ill and started acting out of character
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Eleanor's story
Eleanor was seven weeks old when she contracted what she now knows to be viral meningitis
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Jasper's story
Holly and Lewis had already watched their son Theo battle meningitis in 2018, so when his baby brother Jasper became unwell in March 2020 they couldn’t believe that history seemed to be repeating
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Nikki D's story
On a Summer's morning in 2019 Nikki didn’t feel too well; she knew something was wrong
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Kristof's story
When Kristof suddenly started experiencing the worst headache of his life back in June this year, he initially put it down to stress
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Aaron C's story
What Aaron thought was a bout of bad flu turned out to be a case of viral meningitis, which has left him with a number of post-viral after-effects
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Laura C's story
A period of unexplained deafness in one ear led to Laura being hospitalised for two weeks with viral meningitis
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Daniel D's story
Mum Jacqui just knew something was wrong with her 7 week son Daniel. He was unsettled, grunting and disliked contact – things clearly weren’t right!
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Lynne M's story
Lynne from Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland started getting headaches when she was taking part in a fundraising effort for her sister-in-law’s cancer treatment. After a terrible night of shaking and sweating, she decided to seek medical help and went on to be diagnosed with meningitis
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Rebecca R's story
Twenty-seven-year-old Rebecca, from Dereham in Norfolk, was at work last September when she thought she was getting a migraine. However this failed to respond to her usual medication and by the following day was worse than ever
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Evie M's story
When Paris Mcallan’s baby daughter Evie initially fell ill, doctors thought she had swallowed a battery! Luckily they soon diagnosed meningitis and Evie was given the help she needed