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Vanessa Vicente's full story
  • Brazil
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Vanessa Vicente's story Vanessa Vincente is running the 2025 London Marathon for Meningitis Research Foundation in memory of...
Lucas Martin's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young Adult 20-25
Lucas Martin's story Lucas Martin, from the Isle of Man, was known affectionately by his family as Looky. In September 20...

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Becca Heritage's full story
  • UK
  • Group B meningococcal (MenB), Meningococcal, Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
Becca Heritage's story I was nineteen years old when I became ill with meningococcal septicaemia within six weeks of starti...
Kathryn Thomson 's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Adult 25-59
Kathryn Thomson 's story In July 2022 woke up with an almighty headache...
Pip Davies's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
  • Baby 0-1
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Madeleine's full story
  • Sweden
  • Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae B)
  • Toddler 1-3
Madeleine's story In March 1990, our beautiful daughter Madeleine contracted haemophilus influenzae just three weeks b...
CoMO Member
Percilla Ann Marie April-Hodge's full story
  • USA
  • Pneumococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Percilla Ann Marie April-Hodge's story On July 26, 2018, my son Shaquille Hodge lost his wife Percilla Hodge to pneumococcal meningitis. T...
CoMO Member
Anna Stabell's full story
  • UK
  • Group B meningococcal (MenB)
  • Adult 25-59
Anna Stabell's story On Monday 7th November 2022, I was the luckiest possible person of the unlucky few. ...
Danny Seear's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Danny Seear's story Diagnosis and early surgeries A few days after I was born, my mum noticed I was sleeping a lot more...
CoMO Member
Adam and Zack's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Child 6-12
Adam and Zack's story I first noticed something different with my oldest brother Adam, who was seven years old at the time...
Tyler's full story
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young Adult 20-25
Tyler's story On 23 July 2013, my 24 year old brother, Tyler Parker, died from meningitis...
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