He had complained of a headache and a runny nose but less than 24 hours later Brayden was pronounced brain dead. His mum wants to prevent it happening to someone else’s son.

A very young child is ill with the first confirmed case of measles on Wirral. The news comes just days after a child died in Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The hospital has reported a ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...

Measles, an infection that typically starts with cold-like symptoms followed by a rash and sometimes small spots in the mouth ...

The news comes amid a decline in the uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, as experts said only 84% of five ...

Jacob Blackwell was a healthy 23-year-old until meningococcal disease changed everything. As winter sets in, experts are ...

Experts are warning young adults and parents of young children to be aware of early symptoms of meningococcal disease, as ...

The child died at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, which said it is "concerned" about an increase in the virus, and put this ...

The child ws said to have died at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool amid an outbreak in the region - the hospital said it had seen a surge in “seriously unwell” children being admitted after ...

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The news comes amid a decline in the uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, as experts said only 84% of five-year-old children in England have had the two doses, with uptake “much ...

A child in Liverpool has died after contracting measles, it has been reported. According to The Sunday Times newspaper, the child was ill with measles and other health problems and was receiving ...