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To mark Viral Meningitis Awareness Week, East Midlands MEP Rory Palmer writes about his family's experience with viral meningitis

Amanda has been living with Mollaret’s meningitis – a recurring viral form of the disease – for more than six years.

Mum blogger Katy, who blogs about epilepsy amongst other subjects, lost her young son Charlie to meningitis in 2010

Meningitis Now have free services tailored to viral meningitis victims, including complementary therapies

Donna tells her daughter Bonnie’s story as part of our Viral Meningitis Awareness Week – Make Viral Visible

Jonathan Davies, 54, from Braintree in Essex has become Meningitis Now's latest Community Ambassador, joining a select group of just 40 Community Ambassadors across the country

Meningitis Now's fifth annual Viral Meningitis Week seeks to raise awareness to inform the public, health professionals and employers about the true impact of the disease

In comparison to bacterial meningitis, doctors have received little guidance on how to manage viral meningitis

Dr Fiona McGill, from the University of Liverpool, explores why more research into viral meningitis is needed to answer some of the big questions and better identify and treat it

Alison, 54, has taken on the prestigious voluntary role of Community Ambassador after fighting back from her own experience of the disease.

As many of our supporters will know, viral meningitis can often lead to long-term debilitating after-effects.

As we continue previewing Viral Meningitis Week, here are five facts you might now know

We’re calling for viral meningitis sufferers and their families to be “vocal about viral” to dispel myths and misconceptions that the viral form of the disease is not dangerous and always ‘mild’

A dedicated group of colleagues will be running a relay marathon to raise funds for Meningitis Now

In a statement this afternoon The Who confirmed their singer Roger Daltrey is recovering after being diagnosed with viral meningitis

Thank you too to television and celebrity doctor, Dr Ellie Cannon, who has supported us during the week and helped to get people talking about the disease

We’re delighted that television and celebrity doctor Dr Ellie Cannon is supporting this year’s Viral Meningitis Week

Most cases of viral meningitis are not severe enough to need hospital admission and treatment, but experts believe there are many thousands of cases – up to 6,000 each year

Responding to our survey, 97% of the 450 people who have had viral meningitis reported experiencing after-effects

Throughout the week we’re looking at some top viral facts. Today, we look at follow-up treatment

Throughout the week we’re looking at some top viral facts. Today, we look at Mollaret’s meningitis

This week – 4 to 10 May - we are getting vocal about viral and we’d like you to join us to help dispel myths and misconceptions that the disease is not dangerous and always ‘mild’

Next week sees our third annual Viral Meningitis Week and we’re again calling for sufferers to be “vocal about viral” to dispel myths and misconceptions that the viral form of the disease is not dangerous and always ‘mild’