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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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Alfie Cook's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
Alfie Cook's story Three weeks prior to our son being admitted to hospital, we thought he had a typical cold coming...
Sophia Speirs's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Young Adult 20-25
Sophia Speirs' story Sophia was in the second term of her first year and was really into the swing of life as a student a...
Tendai David Muranganwa's full story
  • Zimbabwe
  • Fungal
  • Adult 25-59
Tendai David Muranganwa's story When I opened my eyes on 23rd December 2015 with mild trepidation, I knew that it was time for me to...
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Wilson Goodrich's full story
  • USA
  • Fungal
  • Adult 25-59
Wilson Goodrich's story My son had cryptococcal meningitis, it went misdiagnosed until he had a life-changing seizure in alc...
Earl Falconer's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • 60+
Earl Falconer's story UB40 bassist, Earl Falconer, was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis when he became unwell after ret...
Anita Delandro's full story
  • Australia
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Toddler 1-3
Anita Delandro's story I had an episode at age eighteen months, but had two further episodes before the cause was discovere...
Scott Crichton's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Adult 25-59
Scott Crichton's story Boxing Day 2022, I started to feel a sudden migraine developing...
Poppy-Jo Adam's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Poppy-Jo Adam's story Poppy-Jo was only three weeks old when we woke in the middle of the night to find her making strange...
Elsie Rose Diamond's full story
  • UK
  • GBS (Group B streptococcal)
  • Baby 0-1
Elsie Rose Diamond's story Elsie was born spontaneously at 27+6 weeks back in August 2020. I...
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