News & Stories
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Clair's story
Clair, from Newport, Wales, was 15 in November 1995 and having the time of her life. Then she contracted meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia and life was never to be the same again
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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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Michelle and Luke's story
On 5 June 2005, Michelle’s grandson Luke was just a few weeks old when he became seriously ill with symptoms of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, prompting paramedics to rush him into hospital
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Susan H-J's story
On 9 October 2019, 68-year-old Susan felt absolutely fine. One day later she was rushed into hospital after a friend raised the alarm. Susan can recall very little of the day she began her battle with meningitis
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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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Suman's story
In March 2018, 26-year-old Suman was suffering from a non-stop headache, from the moment he woke up until he went to sleep
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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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Leon's story
5-year-old Leon didn’t feel well when he went to school one morning in November 2018, and it wasn’t long before mum Arlene was asked to collect him as he had been sick
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Piper T's story
Meningitis can strike very quickly and without warning, something mum Ellé discovered in February this year. She tells the story