News & Stories
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Stories
Jemma's story
Jemma, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, was a 19-year-old student building her future when she was laid low by the menY strain of meningitis
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Danni's story
Tanya Buin, 21 of Manchester, found it hard to cope when she heard the shocking news that her baby sister, Danni, had contracted meningococcal septicaemia in April 2008
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Vicky's story
Vicky Ross, 32 of Renfrewshire, suffered many symptoms, including a high temperature, extreme dehydration, aching muscles and extreme fatigue, when she contracted viral meningitis in November 2014
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Shaney's story
Shaney Gardner, of Canvey Island, Essex, was 20 in October 2014 when she developed an extremely painful headache and chronic sickness. She had come down with viral meningitis
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Sophie K's story
Sophie had never been to hospital and thought she was invincible, until meningitis laid her low last December
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Ava H's story
Devastated mother, Hayley Smith of Coventry, lost her beautiful daughter, Ava, just days after she contracted bacterial meningitis in 2014
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Isla's story
Quick-thinking and intuition by new mum, Lyndsey Huntley of Essex, proves that trusting your instincts can save lives
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Eva's story
Eva contracted meningitis on the 24 January 2015 when she was 22 days old, and sadly passed away six days later on 31 January 2015.
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Bethany's story
When her baby girl came down with a soaring temperature, quick-thinking mother, Becky Preece of Shrewsbury, trusted her instincts and phoned for help
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Sam's story
Concerned mother, Natalie Hall, of Essex, immediately took her son, Sam, to see the out-of-hours GP when she noticed a rash on his skin
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Harry F's story
A high pitched cry alerted mother, Claire Fisk, of Prescot, that something was not right with her eight-month-old son, Harry
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Liam R's story
Little Liam Reid, from Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire, fell ill at six-weeks-old in November 2005