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Dan Byam Shaw will run the London Marathon dressed as one of The Felix Project's bright green food delivery vans, honoring his late brother while attempting a Guinness World Record. The charity, founded after 14-year-old Felix died of meningitis in 2016, has delivered 44 million meals across London.
More than 1,600 students received meningitis vaccines in one day as Kent health services rapidly expanded protection following a deadly outbreak. The swift response shows how communities can mobilize to protect young people when disease strikes.
Australian cricket legend Damien Martyn walked out of the hospital just four days after emerging from an eight-day coma, stunning doctors who gave him a 50/50 chance of survival. The 53-year-old is now home recovering, calling his rapid bounce-back from meningitis nothing short of miraculous.
Former Australian cricket champion Damien Martyn defied a 50/50 survival prediction, walking out of the hospital just days after waking from an eight-day coma caused by meningitis. His remarkable recovery has the sports world celebrating and the 54-year-old back home with his feet in the sand.